Officials Try To Block Homosexual Conference

Alabama’s attorney general is threatening to sue the University of Alabama unless it cancels a homosexual conference on campus.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday joined a chorus of state officials, including Gov. Fob James, who have condemned plans to hold the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Conference in Tuscaloosa on Feb. 16.

State law forbids the use of public facilities to promote lifestyles or activities prohibited by Alabama’s sodomy law, but there is no penalty.

Culpepper Clark, a top aide to university President Roger Sayers, said: “As the attorney general knows and is clear and well-established in law, the university has a duty to err on the side of the First Amendment.”