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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Any time someone comes up with this kind of horse$#%&!@* the people should vote down the 2 o 3 people that are for it!
Another attempt to erase history to appease a small group of whiny liberals. I hope the monument stays right where it is … forever.
It is also American history, leave it alone, quit taking our history away
HISTORY should NOT be removed ANYWHERE. If it offends anyone – then that tells me they need to STUDY it more. We LEARN from it – we don’t CHANGE it.
Leave it be, the statue is part of our country’s history.
we fought a lot of wars we do not destroy every thing that has to do with those wars
Good you go judge. It is an american Confederate monument.
The hell with PC !!!!!!!!!!
Good. These actions are complete c**p and need to be stopped.
Finally a judge with some common sense and love for America! We need more like him sooner than later!