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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hacking all our American history.
leave it alone its been up all these years if some people dont like it dont look at it
Hurrah for straight thinking! These monuments are part of our history, why should we remove them? I see, now that John Wayne is a racist! Bull pucky!!! He once bought 20,000 acres for the Viet nam refugee;s to live on! Lets stop letting thes little whinney jerks bully us around!
Good
Treason for obumba. Treason.Take back our country
Great decid
Stop this senseless destruction of America’s statues.this is insane.
About time !
That’s a standing work of art I knew they wouldn’t do s**t
Kentucky get rid if that$#%&!@*and any other liberal smelling up the place