MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a change proposed after some lawmakers were upset about the department hosting a lecture on LGBTQ+ history.
State senators also approved legislation that would allow local government officials to dismiss library board members they appointed if they become displeased with their performance. Both bills now move to the Alabama House of Representatives.
The Archives’ monthly lunchtime lecture series last year included a June presentation titled “Invisible No More: Alabama’s LGBTQ+ History.” The lecture discussed topics ranging from the state’s first Pride march to the contributions of gay Alabamians.
Sen. Chris Elliott, the sponsor of the bills approved Wednesday, said a dozen lawmakers called the Archives urging them to cancel the lecture but the department went forward with it.
the comment from DocMcStuffin explaining how the Nazis did indeed ban LGBTQ lifestyles AS AN IDEOLOGY was there for at least 13 minutes before that jackass made their comment. Uhhg some people are just fucking stupid.
Nazis also rounded up political dissidents and put them in prison, that doesn’t make every authoritarian despot who does the same a Nazi