Larry Darby

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Larry Darby (b. 1957) is a practicing attorney in Montgomery, Alabama and former president of the Atheist Law Center. He was a runner-up candidate for Alabama Attorney-General in the 2006 Democratic Party Primary. Darby's campaign ran into controversy when he questioned the veracity and scale of the Holocaust.[1]

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[edit] Background and education

Larry Darby was born in 1957 in Conecuh County, Alabama. Darby's ancestors have been in Alabama since the early 19th century.[2] He graduated from the University of Alabama and holds a law degree from Faulkner University's Jones School of Law and an MBA from Auburn University.[3]

[edit] Atheist Law Center

Darby was the president of the now-dissolved Atheist Law Center.

During the Alabama Ten Commandments dispute Darby 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.[4] Darby discusses this in A Brief History of the Atheist Law Center, which was made part of the public record (filed at court) 6 July 2006.[5]

[edit] 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.[6]

The Darby campaign generated controversy when Darby questioned the number of Jews who died during the Third Reich, placing the number around 140,000 suggesting that many of those succumbed to typhus.[1] 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."[7] Darby attributed the claims of millions of deaths in the Holocaust to the "Holocaust industry."[7] Darby also spoke positively of Holocaust denier David Irving[8][9] and attended a meeting of neo-nazi group National Vanguard.[10][11] Darby also expressed anti-immigration veiws, declaring that the United States was undergoing a "Mexican invasion" and compared the current immigration to the 1960s civil rights movement, seeing them both as events which have hurt the South.[12]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b MSNBC (5/12/2006) Alabama Democrat's views shock his party Viewed: 1/29/2007
  2. ^ WHNT-TV http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4691568 Viewed: 1/30/2006
  3. ^ Larry Darby Stands for Alabama Larry Darby for Attorney General Committee Campaign site Viewed: 1/29/2007
  4. ^ Siegel, Jennifer. "Ala. Democrats Scramble To Bounce Shoah Denier From Primary Ballot", The Jewish Daily Forward, 2006-05-19. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
  5. ^ Darby, Larry (2006-07-07). History of the Atheist Law Center and Statement Disavowing Atheism. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
  6. ^ State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama. Democratic Primary - Official Certification Alabama Secretary of State Office. Viewed: 1/29/2007
  7. ^ a b Reeves, Jay. "Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ", The Associated Press State & Local Wire, Associated Press, May 12, 2006 Friday 7:56 PM GMT. Retrieved on 2007-1-29.
    Convience link: Washington Post Ala. Candidate's Views Startle Democrats Visited: 1/30/2007
  8. ^ Strange Bedfellows. Sothern Poverty Law Center (Fall 2005). Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  9. ^ Rawls, Phillip. "Lawmakers add sexual orientation to hate crimes law", Decatur Daily News, 2006-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-02-03.
  10. ^ Shiel, M. P. (2006-05-17). National Vanguard Conference a Rousing Success. National Vanguard. Retrieved on 2007-01-31. “The gathering featured prominent speakers and guests including Dr. David Duke(pictured), […] Alabama State Attorney General candidate Larry Darby”
  11. ^ ADL Backgrounder on Larry Darby. Anti-Defamation League (2007-06-07). Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
  12. ^ Hughes, Bayne. "Attorney general hopeful advocates martial law", Decatur Daily News, 2006-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
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