AG pick Sessions once claimed it was illegal for LGBT group to meet
Trump and his minions have no regard for the First Amendment.
Click here for reuse options!Back in 1996, Sessions was the Attorney General for Alabama, working under Republican Gov. Fob James. The Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference was set to meet at the University off Alabama in February.
James told Sessions this violated a 1992 law that prohibited state schools from giving money to, or hosting any group “that fosters or promotes a life style or actions prohibited by the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws.” The group in question aimed to show how people could avoid STDs, and to foster discussion on substance abuse, and the Internet.
As KFILE puts it, Sessions was initially hesitant, reportedly saying the law was “fuzzy” in this situation, but he eventually tried to stop the group from meeting. He wrote a letter to the university president, but campus officials didn’t budge, arguing that the conference was protected by the First Amendment.
Sessions announced that he might try to get a court order to stop the conference, but that didn’t matter. A judge struck down the law days later.
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Larry Schmitt December 2nd, 2016 at 13:41
I’m sure in the theocracy of Sessions’ dreams, that would be true.
Bite-My-Bippy December 2nd, 2016 at 15:08
Does not Sessions realize Donnie’s whole life history “… fosters or promotes a life style or actions prohibited by the sodomy and sexual misconduct laws”?
FFS these people need to be neutered.
whatthe46 December 2nd, 2016 at 16:53
i prefer dead, but, that’s just me.
bpollen December 3rd, 2016 at 06:17
A little off the top? Say… collar height?
bpollen December 3rd, 2016 at 06:16
And Ol’ Big Daddy Beauregard was just so miffed that he added scotch instead of bourbon to his Mint Julep!