Anybody here from Alabama?
Dec. 4th, 2004 03:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rorqualI don't think so, but if there is, and you are averse to the idea of your state passing a law to ban books which discuss or reference homosexualtity, no matter the context or age group, in both public schools and state universities, you might want to read this, and then write your legislator. Better yet, call, or drop by, or write something out in longhand and mail it; email doesn't really carry the weight other methods of communication do.
And if you aren't from Alabama, and want to do something anyway, and have a blog, it might not be a bad idea to post something about this in *your* blog, and root out any Hidden Alabamians you have reading your stuff...:) My original source for info on this, and a woman who is using her Blog for Good, is Cleo, who you may know from Troy in Fifteen Minutes, which you may need to be friended to read, but which is totally worth it, as it's hilarious. But she's posting and writing and speading the word, so you can look at her place to see what sort of response she's getting.
And if you only do what famous people tell you to do, then you should know that Neil Gaiman thinks this law is a bad idea, too. Oooh.
I'd post a link to the bill, but I don't think it's online yet. Sorry; I always like to read these things so I can tell that people aren't misreading them like mad and flying off the handle. So you take your chances here, but poke around and see what you think.
And if you aren't from Alabama, and want to do something anyway, and have a blog, it might not be a bad idea to post something about this in *your* blog, and root out any Hidden Alabamians you have reading your stuff...:) My original source for info on this, and a woman who is using her Blog for Good, is Cleo, who you may know from Troy in Fifteen Minutes, which you may need to be friended to read, but which is totally worth it, as it's hilarious. But she's posting and writing and speading the word, so you can look at her place to see what sort of response she's getting.
And if you only do what famous people tell you to do, then you should know that Neil Gaiman thinks this law is a bad idea, too. Oooh.
I'd post a link to the bill, but I don't think it's online yet. Sorry; I always like to read these things so I can tell that people aren't misreading them like mad and flying off the handle. So you take your chances here, but poke around and see what you think.
