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How 'bout those Ala Bama Boys and Gals?!

kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/newsy/alabama-bill-aims-to-save-confederate-monuments-from-being-torn-down

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Alabama Bill Aims To Save Confederate Monuments From Being Torn Down
Grant Suneson
2:26 PM, May 20, 2017

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New Orleans recently?removed several monuments?to the Confederacy. Now, Alabama lawmakers are taking steps to prevent that from happening in their state.

The?Alabama Memorial Preservation Act?would "prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, or other disturbance of monuments located on public property which have been in place for 20 or more years."

Monuments to Confederate figures have become an increasingly touchy topic in the South. In New Orleans, pro-Confederate activists, led by white nationalist Richard Spencer, argued government officials were trying to erase history.

If the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act becomes law, anyone wanting to change or remove a monument would need the permission of a special committee.

The bill?passed both houses?of the Alabama Legislature and will now head to the governor's desk.
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It will become law.

    Sometimes Alabama really does shine.
  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Totally in favor of Memorial of hero regardless of ero...

    PC is not on the test of time.
    "What is truth?'
  • Cornflk1Cornflk1 Member Posts: 3,715 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    YES, I had a relative from the 41st (???) Indiana that was a POW in Tyler, Texas.

    That war was fought among Patriots. Whatever side they were one, they believed in their cause.

    QUIT trying to rewrite our history.

    It wasn't
    about slaves, but states rights
  • nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,808 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope, I think we should erase the history, like we do. So we can make the same mistakes again and again [:)]
  • pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ....since Gov. Bentley (who resigned) took down the monuments at the State Capital,there has been a rise of Heritage Guard!...and the love GUV has been taken to a shed...
  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well I'm glad, I'm not from the south, but I don't think it's right to erase history. Whether it's a shining light in history or dark moment in history. The fact of the matter is, it still history.
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