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.
I still say it’s a matter of time before they try to burn Mt Vernon and Monticello. Last week if not for the National Guard the White House would have been set on fire. If Trump is not re-elected we will be in another war.
Well when the hell is Washington and Lee University going to change the name of their school??? Stupid A-holes!!
Mao and Muhammad
It makes parishioners feel unsafe? Now that I think about it, every time I drive on MLK Boulevard in any city I feel unsafe.
Good question.
The number of years ago in New Orleans they deleted the name of George Washington School. They did this because they did not want to honor someone who owns slaves.
There’s no word on whether the virtually all black student body at that school has greater achievements are greater self-esteem now that they don’t have to go to a school named after a slave owner.
That’s a fine first step, but to be truly “welcoming,” they’ll need to change the name from “Christ Church” too.
Religion of woke-ness, kowtowing, historical revisionism. The idiocy of the Left has reached epic proportions and is not satisfied. The divide in this country is reaching a breaking point, be assured.
If Trump is not re-elected we will be in another war.
You assume our side will rise up en masse. I have my doubts.
If the rats win the next day Texas should declare independence as is their right. Because if the rats win they will make damn sure they never lose again. The Country will be finished.
I know right???
Somebody feels unsafe because there’s a plaque honoring George Washington in a church??? They feel unsafe???
Do they feel unsafe with the dollar bills in their pocket???
Just be thankful it was identified for you.
Down in Montgomery, Alabama here, there is Lee High School. Robert E. Lee High School that is. Wonder when the hammer falls down there?
“...because they receive an unintended message from the prominent presence of the plaques.” ...” Were the messages sent telepathically or written in cursive or something. Morse code maybe? And, reportedly the NG has been stood down or disarmed or something. Looking more and more like some attempt at a coup to me.
It’s an Episcopal “Church” they are probably not sure who that Christ fellow even is...
Stalin University of Slaughter or maybe Gulag U. Maybe one of those.
How soon will it be before they remove the graves from Arlington cemetery because it’s on Gen. Lee’s old front lawn to his house.
In other news the state of Lenin in Seattle is A-OK and has come through the riots clean as a whistle.
Best thing the ever did in the hood was name streets MLK whatever.
Gives those with out local knowledge a chance to do a 360.
I am waiting for G Floyd Drive, its coming.
As a proud Texan as much as I wish it were so We have no more authority to secede than any other state
What we can do is split into as many as 5 states. We won’t
A new history cannot be written until the real history has been erased. The erasure has begun.
The useful idiots who think they are woke will only truly be woke when they realize they are useless eaters.
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