First of all, let me say that this Republican from the State of Alabama's House of Representatives is a disgrace to all humankind.

Alabama Bill Targets Gay Authors

Republican Alabama lawmaker Gerald Allen says homosexuality is an unacceptable lifestyle. As CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassmann reports, under his bill, public school libraries could no longer buy new copies of plays or books by gay authors, or about gay characters.

"I don't look at it as censorship," says State Representative Gerald Allen. "I look at it as protecting the hearts and souls and minds of our children."

Books by any gay author would have to go: Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote and Gore Vidal. Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" has lesbian characters.

Allen originally wanted to ban even some Shakespeare. After criticism, he narrowed his bill to exempt the classics, although he still can't define what a classic is. Also exempted now Alabama's public and college libraries.

Doesn't the bible mention homosexuality, bestiality, murder, rape, etc.? Would that be banned too?

The only thing that disgusts me more than this proposed bill, is CBS' scare tactics used in the reporting of it. The beginning of the article asserts:

"A college production tells the story of Matthew Sheppard, a student beaten to death because he was gay.

And soon, it could be banned in Alabama."

I assume "could" means here that there was some snowball's chance in hell that this bill may have become law. Aside from the fact that it's not reported whether any other legislator supported it, there is an editor's note at the end which states:

"When the time for the vote in the legislature came there were not enough state legislators present for the vote, so the measure died automatically."

"And soon it could be banned"?!? Did they even read their own article?