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Lincoln Video
January 17, 2006 ( politics )
I finally watched the video at the Lincoln Memorial downstairs with my friends this past weekend. E pointed out the best part of the display of photos surrounding the TV screen: MLK issuing his "I have a dream" speech on the left, a modern dance performance adjacent, captioned "Even today, the Lincoln Memorial provides a venue for important cultural performances."
Anyhow, some nice links about how the current administration created this new video and display:
The records also reveal that in late 2004 – perceiving that their earlier effort to remove the video had been stymied – administration officials decided to replace all of the memorial exhibits some time this summer and at considerable expense to the cash-strapped Park Service. The planned renovation is so extensive that it may force closure of portions of the memorial during the height of the tourist season.
Pro-family groups in Washington are angry about the video's message. Rev. Louis Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition visited the Lincoln Memorial after reading the original CNSNews.com article. "We stopped what we were doing and saw the video twice," Sheldon said."It stinks. I have never seen such a perversion and revision of American history," Sheldon explained.
"I am outraged that tax dollars are paying to promote such a lie that Lincoln would have supported gay causes, abortion rights and feminism," he added.
Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute, an affiliate of Concerned Women for America, said he became aware of the "pure propaganda" Lincoln video several years ago.
"We checked it out. It was as bad as advertised: pure propaganda designed to equate abortion and gay rights with the civil rights movement," said Knight in an interview with CNSNews.com.
...Right, because equal treatment under the law for gays and women is NOTHING like civil rights.
Posted by griffjon at January 17, 2006 09:57 AM
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