A Virginia judge has ruled that statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson in Charlottesville are war monuments that the city cannot remove without permission from the state.
In a nine-page ruling obtained from the University of Virginia School of Law website, Circuit Court Judge Richard E. Moore said neither the intentions of the people who erected the statues nor how they make people feel change the fact that the statues pay homage to the Civil War. Moore cited state code in his ruling that says it is illegal for municipalities to remove such monuments to war.
“I find this conclusion inescapable,” Moore said. “It is the very reason the statues have been complained about from the beginning. It does no good pretending they are something other than what they actually are.”
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Now we're talking!! It's heritage not Hate. Let the past be the past and move on
ReplyDeleteI thought we were done with tearing down statues and just shooting shit up now.
ReplyDeleteAmen to that! God Bless the South!
ReplyDeleteFinally (!!), a judge with some reason!
ReplyDeleteNow, let's see the rest of the memorials get protection!
Baltimore needs to put the 4 back that they tore down. Let's find a judge with some balls in Maryland.
ReplyDeleteGood. I agree. I'm not a religious person, but I hope this affects the decision on the cross memorial here in Maryland.
ReplyDeleteWOW. A southerner with a spine!!
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord there is still hope in our Southern States. Take note RINO Hogan and Maryland.
ReplyDeleteNow we need to rise again!
ReplyDeleteDon't damage the monuments, damage the the people who want to damage the monuments. Turn me loose in a ring with em
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