Posted on 06/07/2020 7:54:27 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
A church attended by George Washington will take down a memorial to the nation's first president, a move church leaders say is intended to make the place of worship more welcoming.
The Washington Times reported Friday that Christ Church in Alexandria, Va., will remove memorials of Washington and former Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which stand on either side of the church's altar.
The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome," church leaders said. "Some visitors and guests who worship with us choose not to return because they receive an unintended message from the prominent presence of the plaques.
Washington began attending the church soon after it opened in 1773, and bought a pew there. He attended for more than 20 years, though he appeared more regularly at Pohick Church, southwest of his estate at Mount Vernon.
Christ Church's decision to remove the statues comes amid a national debate over whether Confederate statues and monuments should be taken down. That debate resurfaced in August after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent.
While that debate has focused primarily on Confederate memorials, President Trump suggested shortly after the Charlottesville protests that taking down some memorials would eventually lead to statues of Washington or Thomas Jefferson being removed as well.
Iconoclast movements are not new. In Constantinople it was the Government destroying statues, and the people protested against it.
Now it is the opposite.
Like a drunk on a tear, after it is done and they sober up ask themselves...”WHAT HAVE I DONE!”
The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome,”
“Momee, that plaque is scaring me! Make that mean old plaque go away!”
Scumbag commies, more welcoming, FU
“It makes parishioners feel unsafe? Now that I think about it, every time I drive on MLK Boulevard in any city I feel unsafe.”
This is an excellent observation! I personally experience the same reaction. Actually, I stick mostly to rural areas now days. Thanks to on-line shopping and FEDEX.
Maybe they could just put "Mohammedans and LGBT's Welcome" on the church sign.
Rush shared your concerns last week by noticing that the revolutionaries are in the streets and not a peep from the gun owners we brag so much about. (I am one and I am still home)
Like the Constitution History is flexible and the past is never certain.
So did I.
And for the Hildabeast thrice!
I think itll all end for these anarchists when they make a move on Mt Vernon and Monticello. Pete Hegseth said they were there to destroy monuments if they could. He was on duty with the National Guard last Sunday when they tried to burn down St Johns Church. He said if not for the National Guard who the mayor wants to run off, the fence around the White House could have very easily been breached and the White House was next. That would have meant deaths and most would have been the rioters. Hegseth was dead serious. He also said they were intent on destroying every monument in Washington, DC,
“These demonstrations brought out commies, libs and socialists all over the world.”
Yep.... and what these DUmmies don’t realize is they have exposed themselves for all to see.
Winning... doesn’t get old.
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