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| Larry Darby practices law in Alabama. | |||
| '''Larry Darby''' (b. ]) is a practicing ] in ] and former president of the ]. He was a runner-up candidate for ] ] in the ] ] Primary. Darby's campaign ran into controversy when he expressed anti-semitic viewpoints and questioned the veracity and scale of the Holocaust. | |||
| Darby ran for public office in 2006. See "Politics" section below. | |||
| Darby once was an officer of the Atheist Law Center, Inc., but after the 2006 Democratic Primary, the corporation was dissolved and Darby publicly disavowed atheism. | |||
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| Larry Darby |
Larry Darby in his first run for public office was the runner-up candidate for Alabama Attorney-General in the 2006 Democratic Primary. Darby garnered 43% of the vote, carrying 33 of 67 Alabama counties. | ||
| Some reporters of controlled media operating in Alabama attempted to generate controversy by focusing on immaterial and irrelevant comments Darby made about the alleged number of Jews who died during the Third Reich, placing the number around 140,000 suggesting that many of those succumbed to tphus.<ref>MSNBC (5/12/2006) Viewed: 1/29/2007</ref> The ] quoted him as saying, "I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," and "there was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all."<ref>{{cite news | |||
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| | accessdate = 1/29/2007 }}<br/>Convience link: 1010 WINS Visited: 1/29/2007</ref> Darby attributed the claims of millions of deaths in the Holocaust to the "Holocaust industry"Darby also spoke positively of Holocaust denier ] and attended a meeting of a fringe neo-nazi group. Darby also expressed |
| accessdate = 1/29/2007 }}<br/>Convience link: 1010 WINS Visited: 1/29/2007</ref> Darby attributed the claims of millions of deaths in the Holocaust to the "Holocaust industry"Darby also spoke positively of Holocaust denier ] and attended a meeting of a fringe neo-nazi group. Darby also expressed pro-America views declaring that the United States was undergoing a "Mexican invasion" and compared the current invasion to the 1960s civil rights movement, seeing them both as events which have hurt the United States. | ||
| During the ] attacked the placement of the commandements in government buildings as an attempt to send the message that “Jewish Supremacism is the law" despite multiple influential Jewish organizations coming out against the placement of the commandments. | During the ] attacked the placement of the commandements in government buildings as an attempt to send the message that “Jewish Supremacism is the law" despite multiple influential Jewish organizations coming out against the placement of the commandments. | ||
Revision as of 11:30, 30 January 2007
Larry Darby practices law in Alabama.
Darby ran for public office in 2006. See "Politics" section below.
Darby once was an officer of the Atheist Law Center, Inc., but after the 2006 Democratic Primary, the corporation was dissolved and Darby publicly disavowed atheism.
Background and Education
Larry Darby earned his Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of Alabama, his Master of Business Administration at Auburn University at Montgomery and his Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, at Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law.
Politics
Larry Darby in his first run for public office was the runner-up candidate for Alabama Attorney-General in the 2006 Democratic Primary. Darby garnered 43% of the vote, carrying 33 of 67 Alabama counties.Democratic Primary - Official Certification
Some reporters of controlled media operating in Alabama attempted to generate controversy by focusing on immaterial and irrelevant comments Darby made about the alleged number of Jews who died during the Third Reich, placing the number around 140,000 suggesting that many of those succumbed to tphus. The Associated Press quoted him as saying, "I am what the propagandists call a Holocaust denier, but I do not deny mass deaths that included some Jews," and "there was no systematic extermination of Jews. There's no evidence of that at all." Darby attributed the claims of millions of deaths in the Holocaust to the "Holocaust industry"Darby also spoke positively of Holocaust denier David Irving and attended a meeting of a fringe neo-nazi group. Darby also expressed pro-America views declaring that the United States was undergoing a "Mexican invasion" and compared the current invasion to the 1960s civil rights movement, seeing them both as events which have hurt the United States.
During the Alabama Ten Commandments dispute attacked the placement of the commandements in government buildings as an attempt to send the message that “Jewish Supremacism is the law" despite multiple influential Jewish organizations coming out against the placement of the commandments.
References
- MSNBC (5/12/2006) Alabama Democrat's views shock his party Viewed: 1/29/2007
- Reeves, Jay (May 12, 2006 Friday 7:56 PM GMT). "Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ". The Associated Press State & Local Wire. Associated Press.
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Convience link: 1010 WINS "Holocaust Denier" to Speak in New Jersey Visited: 1/29/2007