Sweet Home Alabama
Mac Holcomb says America was better back in the 1940s. You remember? Back when homosexuality was "a despicable act" and "an abomination." Well, that's what the Marshall County, Alabama, sheriff said in a letter to citizens on his official Web site. Alabama sheriffs apparently possess sweeping powers, because Marshall also pledged to work to restore prayer in schools and to remove nudity and profanity from television. After complaints, Holcomb removed the letter from the county Web site, but placed it on his own personal site. He says he stands by the letter.
[Note: The original brickbat posted for February 10 involved an apocryphal story debunked by Snopes. Apologies to our readers.]
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