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Home Front: Culture Wars
George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down
2017-10-29
Leaders at the church that George Washington attended decided that a plaque honoring the first president of the United States must be removed.

Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia will take down a memorial marking the pew where Washington sat with his family, saying it is not acceptable to all worshipers.



"The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome," leaders said, a reference to the fact that Washington was a slaveholder.

"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."

"Many in our congregation feel a strong need for the church to stand clearly on the side of 'all are welcome- no exceptions,'" they concluded.

A memorial to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will also come down.

The decision comes in the wake of renewed controversy over whether statues honoring Civil War figures should be no longer honored. The debate broke out again over the summer after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia killed one and injured others.

President Trump expressed concern that the censoring of Confederate generals would lead to dishonoring Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as well.
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#16  Idolatry!
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-10-29 23:19  

#15  thank you TW, Reed, at the epicenter of all this foolishness ( Portland OR ) also just happens to be one of the brainiest colleges in the USA, thankfully you posted this!
Posted by: 746   2017-10-29 22:07  

#14  Marx appears to be the god of death (at least according to the 20th Century body count).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-10-29 20:46  

#13  I'll bet it's Marx worshipping though.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-29 19:31  

#12  It is not a Church anymore.
Posted by: newc   2017-10-29 16:08  

#11  Yes, grom. It's mostly on the South Side.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-10-29 14:40  

#10  The "violence" has already arrived.

It is one sided so far.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-10-29 13:09  

#9  Pushback:

No one should have to pass someone else’s ideological purity test to be allowed to speak. University life — along with civic life — dies without the free exchange of ideas.

In the face of intimidation, educators must speak up, not shut down. Ours is a position of unique responsibility: We teach people not what to think, but how to think.

Realizing and accepting this has made me — an eminently replaceable, untenured, gay, mixed-race woman with PTSD — realize that no matter the precariousness of my situation, I have a responsibility to model the appreciation of difference and care of thought I try to foster in my students.

If I, like so many colleagues nationwide, am afraid to say what I think, am I not complicit in the problem?

At Reed and nationwide, we have largely stayed silent, probably hoping that this extremist moment in campus politics eventually peters out. But it is wishful thinking to imagine that the conversation will change on its own. It certainly won’t change if more voices representing more positions aren’t added to it. . . . Nuance and careful reasoning are not the tools of the oppressor.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-10-29 11:36  

#8  Past time to call out these vermin for what they are. Traitors. Strip their citizenship and deport them to Devil's Island.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2017-10-29 10:37  

#7  Rev. Noelle York-Simmons, the church’s rector

'nuff said
Posted by: Frank G   2017-10-29 09:50  

#6  These forefathers through a Great Faith in a Higher Good fought against the slavery of tyranny and high taxation of a crown thereby ushering in s movement that lead to the abolishment of slavery around the world and gave us an industrial revolution that lead mankind to great prosperity. THIS is what the evil on the left finds frightening.
Posted by: Threatch Jeamp8135   2017-10-29 09:35  

#5  I'm very much afraid it won't end without (massive) violence. Posted by: g(r)omgoru

The "violence" has already arrived. It's somewhat localized so far.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-29 07:00  

#4  I'm very much afraid it won't end without (massive) violence.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-10-29 02:17  

#3  Let's pull down the Malcom X signs and statues. He met with the KKK.
Posted by: anymouse   2017-10-29 00:57  

#2  The church leaders in this case are being cowards and hypocrites. If Washington and his ilk attended this facility, then the taint and the invisible stain of shame can never be remedied by removing mere plaques. The church itself must be raised to the ground. All evidence of its very existence must be erased. The purity of personkind must be preserved.
Posted by: JHH   2017-10-29 00:27  

#1  these asshats need to read their history and if they actually sacrificed more than George Washington, well good for them but I highly doubt they even come close, they need to de deported really!
Posted by: 746   2017-10-29 00:07  

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