Larry Darby

Larry Darby (born 1957) is a practicing attorney in Montgomery, Alabama. He was runner-up candidate for Alabama Attorney-General in the 2006 Democratic Party Primary. Darby's campaign ran into controversy and gained momentum when he questioned the veracity and scale of the Holocaust.MSNBC (5/12/2006) [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12762671/ Alabama Democrat's views shock his party] Viewed: 1/29/2007]

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. [WHNT-TV [http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4691568 http://www.whnt.com/Global/story.asp?S=4691568] Viewed: 1/30/2006] He earned his BS degree at the University of Alabama, his MBA degree at Auburn University and Doctor of Jurisprudence degree at Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law."Larry Darby Stands for Alabama" Larry Darby for Attorney General Committee [http://www.angelfire.com/al4/larrydarby/darbyplatform.htm Campaign site] Viewed: 1/29/2007]

Darby is the Chairman of the Alabama Capital Region Chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens.

Darby is Commander of the Confederate Constitution Camp 2143 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

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. [State Democratic Executive Committee of Alabama. [http://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/dl3.aspx?trgturl=election/2006/primary/DemocraticPrimary-OfficialCertification-06-06-2006.pdf&trgtfile=DemocraticPrimary-OfficialCertification-06-06-2006.pdf Democratic Primary - Official Certification] Alabama Secretary of State Office. Viewed: 1/29/2007]

The Darby campaign attracted attention when he 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. 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."cite news
last = Reeves
first = Jay
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title =Alabama candidate for AG disputes Holocaust, is coming to NJ
work =The Associated Press State & Local Wire
pages =
publisher =Associated Press
date =May 12, 2006 Friday 7:56 PM GMT
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accessdate = 2007-01-29 Convenience link: Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/12/AR2006051201648.html Ala. Candidate's Views Startle Democrats] Visited: 1/30/2007] Darby attributed the claims of millions of deaths in the Holocaust to the "Holocaust industry." Darby also spoke positively of David Irving [cite web
url = http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=564
publisher = Sothern Poverty Law Center
title = Strange Bedfellows
date = Fall 2005
accessdate = 2007-02-03] [cite news
url = http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060119/hate.shtml
publisher = Decatur Daily News
title = Lawmakers add sexual orientation to hate crimes law
last = Rawls
first = Phillip
date = 2006-01-19
accessdate = 2007-02-03] and attended a meeting of the group National Vanguard. [cite web
url = http://www.nationalvanguard.org/story.php?id=8997
title = National Vanguard Conference a Rousing Success
first = M. P.
last = Shiel
publisher = National Vanguard
date = 2006-05-17
accessdate = 2007-01-31
quote=The gathering featured prominent speakers and guests including Dr. David Duke(pictured), […] Alabama State Attorney General candidate Larry Darby] [cite web
url = http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/Larry_Darby.htm
title = ADL Backgrounder on Larry Darby
publisher = Anti-Defamation League
date = 2007-06-07
accessdate = 2007-01-31] Darby also expressed anti-immigration views, 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. [ cite news
url = http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060514/darby.shtml
title = Attorney general hopeful advocates martial law
first = Bayne
last = Hughes
publisher = Decatur Daily News
date = 2006-05-14
accessdate = 2007-01-31 ]

During the Alabama Ten Commandments dispute Darby promoted the constitutional principle of separation between religion and government. Darby also supported Judge Moore's early argument that the federal government had no jurisdiction over this matter. He opposed the placement of a monument to Jewish law in a government building and saw it as an attempt to send the message that "Jewish Supremacism is the law" despite some Jewish organizations coming out against the placement of the commandments. [cite news
url = http://www.forward.com/articles/ala-democrats-scramble-to-bounce-shoah-denier-from/
title = Ala. Democrats Scramble To Bounce Shoah Denier From Primary Ballot
first = Jennifer
last = Siegel
publisher = The Jewish Daily Forward
date = 2006-05-19
accessdate = 2007-01-31] Darby discusses this in A Brief History of the Atheist Law Center and Statement Disavowing Atheism, which was made part of the public record (filed at court) 6 July 2006. [cite web
url = http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=539389
title = History of the Atheist Law Center and Statement Disavowing Atheism
first = Larry
last = Darby
date = 2006-07-07
accessdate = 2007-01-31]

ee also

* Holocaust denial

References