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词条 Gerald Allen (politician)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. References

  5. External links

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Gerald H. Allen (born February 8, 1950) is a Republican lawmaker in the Alabama Senate. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives.

Early life

George H. Allen was born on February 8, 1950 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1]

Career

Allen was first elected to the Alabama House in 1994. In 2005, Allen proposed Alabama House Bill 30 (HB30), which would have banned public school libraries from purchasing books by gay authors or with gay characters.[2] The bill did not become law.

Allen defeated incumbent Phil Poole, a Democrat, in the 2010 elections to the Alabama Senate.[3] In 2011, Allen proposed a bill to ban Sharia law. He sponsored a 2014 amendment to the Alabama Constitution banning "foreign law".[4]

In 2017, Allen sponsored a bill for the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act to make it harder to remove Confederate monuments in Alabama.[5]

Personal life

Allen is the father of Pike County Probate Judge Wes Allen.{{cn|date=June 2017}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/5621/gerald-allen|title=Gerald Allen's Biography - The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart|work=Project Vote Smart}}
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/26/eveningnews/main691106.shtml |title=Alabama Bill Targets Gay Authors |last=Holguin |first=Jaime |date=April 27, 2005 |publisher=CBS News |accessdate=February 20, 2009}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20101107/news/101109706|title=Tuscaloosa County delegation switches to GOP|work=TuscaloosaNews.com}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.annistonstar.com/news/article_f032f72e-3541-11e4-b69e-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Ballot measure would block "foreign law" in Alabama|work=The Anniston Star}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Lyman|first1=Brian|title=House approves historic monument bill after heated debate|url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/politics/southunionstreet/2017/04/27/house-approves-historic-monument-bill-after-heated-debate/101002380/|accessdate=May 19, 2017|work=The Montgomery Advertiser|date=April 27, 2017}}

External links

  • {{CongLinks|votesmart=5621}}
{{Alabama State Senators}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Gerald}}

9 : Living people|Members of the Alabama House of Representatives|Alabama state senators|Alabama Republicans|1950 births|Politicians from Tuscaloosa, Alabama|21st-century American politicians|Alabama Democrats|American politicians who switched parties in office

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