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A new Marist poll finds that 62% of Americans believe statues of Confederate leaders should be allowed to stand. What’s more, a majority of self-identified “Soft Democrats” say Confederate monuments should remain. The survey of 1,125 adults (at least 18 years of age), conducted August 14-15, 2017 and sponsored in collaboration with NPR and PBS NewsHour, asked: “Do you think statues honoring leaders of the Confederacy should?” Results for “Independent” respondents mirrored that of all respondents, while Democrats favored removing the statues and Republicans were strongly in favor of preserving them: “Remain as a historical symbol”: Total: 62% Democrats: 44%...

In 1959, the Middleboro Kiwanis Club in Massachusetts put up a large cross that said “WORSHIP” on it on a traffic island off one of the local freeways. It stood for 53 years. Then, a liberal lawyer spotted it. Now, the state may have to tear it down. According to CBS Local, the cross “sits mostly on town land. The state owns a small fraction of the traffic island where it is located, and thus, the ACLU says, the cross violates church and state separation laws.”

Rebel museum may have to move UNO Foundation owns site, judge says 07/20/02 By Bruce Eggler Staff writer/The Times-Picayune With a few decisive legal shots from the bench, a New Orleans judge Friday opened the way for a new museum of Southern art to roust the venerable Confederate Museum from its historic Camp Street home. Civil District Judge C. Hunter King ruled that operators of the Confederate Museum do not own the building at 929 Camp that has housed their collection of Civil War memorabilia for the past 111 years. The University of New Orleans Foundation wants to evict Memorial...