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Gen. Robert E. Lee descendant leaves pulpit after backlash
CNN ^ | September 5, 2017 | Eliott C. McLaughlin

Posted on 09/05/2017 4:28:13 PM PDT by PAR35

A descendant of Gen. Robert E. Lee has stepped down as pastor of his North Carolina church after facing blowback from parishioners and others for his comments denouncing racism and lauding the Black Lives Matter movement. As a minister and newspaper columnist, Robert W. Lee IV, the fourth great-nephew of the Confederate general, has spoken and written countless words, but the five sentences he uttered during MTV's Video Music Awards last week were just too much for some members of his congregation.

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Lee, who was pastor at Bethany United Church of Christ in Winston-Salem, has long supported removing monuments to the Confederacy and had already drawn attention for his lineage and for his stand against white supremacy prior to his MTV appearance. ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: blacklivesmatter; blm; confederate; dixie; genealogy; lee; mtv; northcarolina; pastors; purge; robertelee; ucc
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To: Genoa

No, but every news source I have seen describes him as one.

BTW, I am a distant relative of Henry Clay. Just in case there is any controversy about him, I am available to comment.


21 posted on 09/05/2017 5:29:49 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Have you read The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun by Merrill Peterson and/or Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union by Robert Remini?
22 posted on 09/05/2017 5:32:20 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

I’m a distant cousin of Abraham Lincoln. I say he’s an idiot.


23 posted on 09/05/2017 5:32:59 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: MuttTheHoople

Robrt W. Lee IV, not Abe Lincoln.


24 posted on 09/05/2017 5:34:44 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: PAR35

RE Lee’s distant newphew is a douche nipple.


25 posted on 09/05/2017 5:36:42 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Publius

I have not, but they sound like books that should be on my reading list.


26 posted on 09/05/2017 5:50:21 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Both are excellent and give a detailed look at Clay’s influence and contributions.


27 posted on 09/05/2017 5:51:22 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius available at Amazon.)
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To: Publius

Thanks for the tip!


28 posted on 09/05/2017 5:52:00 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: kaehurowing

North Carolina is full of Yankee imports. But while they are cleansing the country of any reminders of the War between the States, how about changing the name of Winston-Salem? Why have a city named after two brands of cigarettes when we should be trying to get everyone to stop smoking?


29 posted on 09/05/2017 5:58:11 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Genoa; Southside_Chicago_Republican; BillyBoy; AuH2ORepublican; fieldmarshaldj

A 3xgreat grandnephew is what you would call a collateral descendant, if I’m not mistaken.


30 posted on 09/05/2017 6:04:38 PM PDT by Impy (Anyone who votes to raise taxes deserves to get rabies.)
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To: PAR35

Why doesn’t he change his name? Maybe he will when he gets married ... just sayin ...


31 posted on 09/05/2017 6:08:09 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Kudos to President Trump for denouncing ALL violence)
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To: WMarshal

There was a reference to a wife and a toy poodle. I half expected a reference to a husband given the UCC’s leanings.


32 posted on 09/05/2017 6:10:06 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35
A lying preacher who quotes from a fictional children's book about wizards to make his point?

He is no more a descendant of General Robert E. Lee than I am!



twitter.com/roblee4/status/904375840368197632
33 posted on 09/05/2017 6:13:04 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: kaehurowing

According to their web site, they started out as a joint Lutheran - Reformed congregation. It appears now that they are neither.


34 posted on 09/05/2017 6:14:08 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Impy

That’s true.


35 posted on 09/05/2017 6:15:37 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: PAR35

My guess is he was already at odds with his church and it was only a matter of time before they were going to toss him. This provided him a face saving, virtue signaling crisis to ride out on.


36 posted on 09/05/2017 6:22:17 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: kaehurowing

“The UCC is a Yankee church. What’s it doing in North Carolina? Musta been carpetbaggers.”

Even more perplexing is the church is in Midway which is about 12 miles south of winston salem in the middle of NASCAR country. The Richard Childress motor sports shop is or was located there.

When Dale Earnhardt was killed there were black ribbons on everything in town.


37 posted on 09/05/2017 6:23:23 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Verginius Rufus

Winston and Salem were there before the cigarettes.


38 posted on 09/05/2017 6:25:39 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Genoa

Wife can trace her family to Robert E. Lee.
So what ?


39 posted on 09/05/2017 6:28:26 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Impy

Certainly not a “descendant.”


40 posted on 09/05/2017 6:37:15 PM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll defend your rights?)
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