Memphis Mayor Wants to Dig Up Dead Confederate War General

Todd Starnes / Townhall Columnist

 

Memphis Mayor A.C. Wharton wants to dig up the bodies of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife and remove them from a city park in the latest and perhaps most despicable example of the anti-Southern cleansing spreading across the nation.

“Which African-American wants to have a picnic in the shadow of Nathan Bedford Forrest?” Wharton said in a Thursday press briefing.

In addition to desecrating the graves, Wharton wants to tear down a massive statue honoring the Confederate general who was involved in organizing the Ku Klux Klan. The bodies of Forrest and his wife would be relocated to a cemetery.

“These relics, these messages of this despicable period of this great nation, it’s time for those to be moved,” the mayor said.

Memphis city officials have been waging a fierce and unrelenting war on southern heritage. In 2013, the city council changed the name of Forrest Park to Health Sciences Park. They also changed the names of Jefferson Davis Park and Confederate Park.

So now they want to disinter the dead? What in God’s name is wrong with the mayor? What kind of sick, twisted person wants to dig up dead people?

“I despise what the Confederacy stood for,” Wharton said. “This is not just an ordinary monument. This is a monument to a man who was the avowed founder of the organization that has as its purpose the intimidation, the oppression of black folks.”

Pastor Just Said Something That Blew His Entire Congregation Away... Wow.

 

The Other Bad Supreme Court Decision: Claims of Racism Can Be Filed Without Actual Proof of Racism

Aaron Bandler / Townhall Tipsheet

All of the hype has been on King v. Burwell and Obergefell v. Hodges, cases ruling in favor of Obamacare and gay marriage, respectively. But as everyone focuses on these cases, lost in the shuffle was perhaps a case that was worse than both of those decisions: Texas Housing v. Inclusive Communities.

A little background on the case:

Texas, whose housing department was fighting a fair-housing claim, maintained that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 required that plaintiffs show intentional discrimination, which demands a higher level of proof.

The case originated in Dallas, where an advocacy group called the Inclusive Communities Project claimed the Texas housing agency discriminated by distributing federal tax-credit subsidies almost entirely to buildings going up in poor, black neighborhoods, thereby solidifying residential segregation.

In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled in Texas Housing that claims of racial discrimination can be filed based on "disparate impact," that is the theory that standards are racist if minorities can't meet them at the same rates as whites. In terms of housing, that would mean that discrimination claims can be filed if population statistics are skewed against minorities, without any actual proof of racism.

That's right, even if you're not being racist, you have "unconscious prejudice," according to Anthony Kennedy:

Vatican validates jihad terror, signs treaty recognizing State of Palestine
 

By Robert Spencer  / Jihad Watch

 

There is no “State of Palestine” at this time. This is part of the ongoing pressure upon Israel to create one. Creating one will be a great victory for the global jihad force, as a “State of Palestine” will inevitably be a new jihad base for renewed attacks against what remains of Israel. Events will […]

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Sharia Enforcement in the US Military: U.S. Troops Face Eating, Drinking Restrictions During Ramadan

Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs

More sharia, more accommodation, more submission. Respect the Ramadan Bomb-a-thon!

Why do non-Muslims have to submit to Islamic law? Muslims can adhere to their religious rituals, why must we? Does the US military fast during Yom Kippur? Of course not. Would Jews ever suggest or expect it? Of course not. Jewish law pertains only to Jews, canon law to Catholics. But the sharia asserts its authority over non-Muslims.

If the US is submitting to Islam, then what the heck are they doing over there, anyway?

“U.S. Troops Face Eating, Drinking Restrictions During Ramadan,” By Jeryl Bier, Weekly Standard, June 26, 2015 (thanks to Mark);

A top commander in southwest Asia reminded U.S military personnel stationed in Muslim...

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