If you're going to bury them, why not be honest and burn them?

[alfreda89]

Okay--

As the convention button says: "They got the library at Alexandria. They're not getting mine."

http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1101896768316400.xml

Here ends your blogging announcement for the next week or so....

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[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

Oh good lord. I'd like to laugh at how ridiculous that man sounds, but the atmosphere is scary enough these days, that he might have a chance.

No Oscar Wilde. Shakespeare's sonnets are suspect. So are history books. Will they ban books about Alexander the Great? What about Julius Caesar and his fling?

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Will they ban books about Alexander the Great? What about Julius Caesar and his fling?

I hadn't read that Caesar was bisexual, but yes, probably--they're that frightened. They see rampant divorce, and instead of making divorce harder--and marriage for heteros harder, like you must be 25 or older, or something that would indicate some maturity--they're going for the reassuring route.

As for Alexander--did you hear that the Greeks were up in arms about the current movie? A kiss or something ? There was going to be a huge stink made, and then at the last minute, they decided not to say anything. They were quite incensed about the suggestion that old Alex might have been bi....

[rolanni.livejournal.com]

Sigh.

There's a lot of haters out there.

We've got a guy up here -- a Mr. Michael Heath, head of the so-called Christian Civic League -- who last year called for people to send him facts, rumor and innuendo regarding the sexual preferences of state legislators who were discussing civil unions, gay marriage and equal rights in session. He accused the governor -- in a newspaper interview -- of having "one of those imaginery gay genes." For this he was disciplined by his Board -- sentenced to two weeks' of hard prayer (I'm not making this up).

This year, since his side won the nationals, Mr. Heath is pushing hard. His goal this holiday season to force people to say, "Merry CHRISTMAS" because the "secular" "Happy HOLIDAYS" discriminates against Christians. He also notes an increasing hostility of the public toward avowed Christians, and wonders why this is so. If he didn't afford me so much amusement just the way he is, I'd be tempted to send him a Clue.

Mr. Heath has also, as you might expect, renewed his efforts to ban gay marriage, civil unions and anti-disciminatory laws for gays (Maine is the only state in New England that doesn't have gay anti-disciminatory laws in place -- thanks to Mr. Heath's folken, who campaigned loud and long against granting gays "special" rights.)

Mr. Heath has made such a hit with the state legislature that the house speaker, Mr. Richardson has told the newspaper, ""I think it's time for us to seriously consider civil unions," Richardson said. "I think we should take Mr. Heath's idea he is promoting and turn it into a positive."

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Mr. Heath has made such a hit with the state legislature that the house speaker, Mr. Richardson has told the newspaper, "I think it's time for us to seriously consider civil unions," Richardson said. "I think we should take Mr. Heath's idea he is promoting and turn it into a positive."

I could get to like Mr. Richardson.

Do you think Mr. Heath might get the message that the "folks upstairs" do not approve of persecuting anyone?