Gerald H. Allen (born February 8, 1950) is a Republican lawmaker in the Alabama Senate. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives.
Gerald Allen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Alabama Senate from the 21st district | |
| Assumed office November 3, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Poole |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 62nd district | |
| In office 1994 – November 3, 2010 | |
| Succeeded by | John Merrill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 8, 1950 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (before 1995) Republican (1995–present) |
| Children | Wes Allen |
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Early life
editGeorge H. Allen was born on February 8, 1950, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1]
Career
editAllen 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]
In May 2019, he voted to make abortion a crime at any stage in a pregnancy, with no exemptions for cases of rape or incest.[6]
Personal life
editAllen is the father of incumbent Secretary of State of Alabama and former state representative Wes Allen. Both made history for being the first father and son to serve at the same time in the Alabama legislature when Wes Allen was elected to the House in 2018.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Gerald Allen's Biography - The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart". Project Vote Smart.
- ^ Holguin, Jaime (April 27, 2005). "Alabama Bill Targets Gay Authors". CBS News. Retrieved February 20, 2009.
- ^ "Tuscaloosa County delegation switches to GOP". TuscaloosaNews.com.
- ^ "Ballot measure would block "foreign law" in Alabama". The Anniston Star. September 5, 2014.
- ^ Lyman, Brian (April 27, 2017). "House approves historic monument bill after heated debate". The Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ Durkin, Erin; Benwell, Max (May 15, 2019). "These 25 white men – all Republicans – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama". The Guardian.
- ^ "New State Representative Wes Allen Ready for First Session". Alabama News. March 5, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2020.