Gerald Allen's Bill Dead

From the AP:

The House Education Committee did not have enough members show up to hold its last scheduled meeting of the legislative, which killed a bill to prohibit schools from spending state money on books or other materials that recognize or promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Gerald Allen (R.-Cottondale), was misguided at best...just plain stupid at worst. (See my previous posts here and here.) It didn't exactly help Alabama's image, either. For some strange reason, book-banning just doesn't go over very well these days.

The fact is that Allen's bill never had any chance of passing. Committee members didn't even show up today to consider it.

I just hope that Rep. Allen has learned his lesson and chooses to focus his attention on more important issues in the future...although it was kinda fun to see the nation's bedwetters in such a tizzy over this one.