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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About time, leave history alone
I am a Northerner and say nothing should be removed from the South even the Confederate Flag. These things are part of American history and you cannot and should not try to change history.
Good….
WHAT PART OF HISTORY OFFENDS PEOPLE, IT’S HISTORY. THEY SHOULD STUDY IT AND KNOW IT’S PAST
Common sense prevails, amazing!
About time some common sense !!!
What in the world is wrong with these people?!?!?!?!?!?
Good
DellandCarol Gates In 1957 if I remember correctly
Maybe someone in our goverment is starting to show some common sence…