Anti-Christian Bigotry: The city of King, North Carolina acquiesces to bullying and removes sculpture of soldier kneeling before cross

by Samuel Gonzalez | January 11, 2015 8:09 pm

From The Last Tradition[1]

This is totally unacceptable and the city officials of King, North Carolina are gutless cowards. I understand that legal fees can be costly, but I would’ve contributed to a fund to keep the legal battle going. I’m sure millions of other people of faith around the country would have done the same if King Officials would have had the backbone to fight!

Fox News[2] reports until a few days ago, a war memorial in a public park in North Carolina included a metal sculpture depicting a soldier kneeling in prayer before a cross. But city officials voted to remove the sculpture to settle a lawsuit claiming the artwork promoted Christianity.

King, a small city of about 6,000 people 15 miles north of Winston-Salem, dedicated the memorial about a decade ago. But the statue was removed Tuesday night, immediately after The King city council voted 3-2 to end the lawsuit. Now, an empty hole can be seen where the statue once stood.

MyFox8[3] in Winston-Salem, reporting on the controversy the other day, said the memorial is on city-owned land but was paid for through private donations.

“Both sides in this matter wish to avoid further costs, and this agreement will ensure that the City of King will not spend additional taxpayers’ funds to continue litigation in federal court,” the city said in a statement after the vote.

As part of the agreement, the King City Council also said it would stop flying the Christian flag over the memorial and would pay $500,000 to Americans United for Separation of Church and State for the legal costs the group incurred bringing the lawsuit on behalf of local Afghanistan War veteran Steven Hewett.
Hewett explained his reasons for suing in November, the Christian News Network[4] reported Saturday. His lawsuit claimed violations of his constitutional rights.

“I proudly served alongside a diverse group of soldiers with a variety of different religious beliefs,” he said in a news release. “The City of King should be honoring everyone who served our country, not using their service as an excuse to promote a single religion.”

More here[5]

Bull! I’m sick and tired with this bogus excuse that these kinds of symbols only promotes one religion. That’s a bunch of PC double speak masking a hatred for all faiths. Besides, Christians founded this country and stunts like this is concerted effort to wipe away that history.

Endnotes:
  1. The Last Tradition: http://thelasttradition.blogspot.com/
  2. Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/11/north-carolina-city-removes-sculpture-soldier-kneeling-before-cross/
  3. MyFox8: http://myfox8.com/2015/01/06/kneeling-soldier-statue-removed-from-king-veterans-memorial/
  4. Christian News Network: http://christiannews.net/2015/01/10/north-carolina-city-agrees-to-remove-religious-veterans-memorial-due-to-legal-costs/
  5. here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/01/11/north-carolina-city-removes-sculpture-soldier-kneeling-before-cross/

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