A new round of debate over monuments honoring Confederate soldiers has been ignited by a controversial court order in Kentucky.
Ruling against Louisville Mayor Greg Fisher and the city government, Jefferson County Circuit judge Judith McDonald-Burke issued an injunction blocking any attempts to remove a Confederate memorial not too far from the University of Louisville.
The restraining order was filed by a number of persons and organizations, not least of which were Republican congressional candidate Everett Corley, political activist Ed Springston, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and Kentucky Division.
Echoing the concerns of many Southerners, the plaintiffs argue that removing the memorial and others like it will do nothing to make up for the past wrongs they supposedly represent and disrespect the men they are meant to honor.
But Mayor Fisher and his allies are not willing to let this go on. Instead, they intend to appeal the matter further, in the hope that a more sympathetic judge will not let them go ahead with their plan to move the memorial elsewhere.
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Cursed is he that removes the landmarks.
Good…it is part of put history, which we must always remember.
Remove MLK, statue in Washington, it is a racists display.
Good
This is bull$#%&!@*! How long are we going to stand for this??? Are we going to let them take down Gettysburg??? It’s time to stand up and be counted!! You can’t erase history!!!! How much of this horse$#%&!@*are we as Americans going to eat???? Stand up and let’s put a stop to changing southern history!!!!!
It is history! Cannot, should not be removed
REMOVE THE STATUE OF MLK
Great
leave the statue standing please? why must history be covered up by small groups of insecure people? makes no sense to me! :-0
leave these memorials alone these americans died for their cause whether north or south, they are still brave americans