Alabama lawmakers approve Confederate monument protections
Source: Associated Press
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: May 19, 2017 at 11:05 pm | UPDATED: May 20, 2017 at 1:06 am
By Kim Chandler, The Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama lawmakers of Friday approved sweeping protections for Confederate monuments, names and other historic memorials, as some Southern cities rethink the appropriateness of keeping such emblems on public property.
The measure would prohibit the relocation, removal, alteration, renaming, or other disturbance of any architecturally significant building, memorial building, memorial street, or monument that has stood on public property for 40 or more years, it reads. Changes to names or memorials installed between 20 and 40 years ago would need permission from a new state commission.
African-American lawmakers opposed the bill at every step of the legislative process, saying argued that solidifies a shameful legacy of slavery.
You say we are protecting history. We are not protecting history. We are protecting monuments that represent oppression to a large part of the people in the state of Alabama, said Sen. Hank Sanders, an African-American Democrat from Selma.
Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/05/19/alabama-confederate-monument-protections/
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)fought and supported slavery of other human beings. Can't balance a budget but we can keep those memories of the Great War alive! geeez
atreides1
(16,093 posts)How do you say "We're Proud of our Betrayal", in Latin?
Ligyron
(7,639 posts)They wanna see which one can out rebel the other.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)for their parks, etc. Maybe Alabama can provide private self-touching booths for those becoming aroused by the public viewings.
BigDemVoter
(4,157 posts)Goddamn! The stupidity is stunning!
trof
(54,256 posts)Because we're ALABAMA!
Massacure
(7,526 posts)After all, the wall is not related to the "relocation, removal, alternation, renaming, or other disturbance". I say we build the biggest and most beautiful walls anyone has every seen.