So Mike, we seem to be quibbling over how to define "political." You consider political activity to involve the backing of candidates for office. I consider political activity to include scenarios like that you describe below. To each his own.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6...@...> wrote: > > JP, SCV will defend their heritage from attacks. They don't or at least > haven't in past, to my knowledge endorsed political candidates,contibuted to > political campaigns or tell their membership how to vote like unions and > other political action groups do. Case in point,When Bush was Governor of > Texas, he had two plaques removed from the Texas Supreme Court building in > the middle of the night,one stating the building was funded by the Texas > CivilWar Widows Pension fund and the other a quote form Robert E Lee stating > he all too often had to call on Texans becuase they could move the enemy. The > plaques were removed to appease black activists because Bush wouldn't sign a > hate crimes bill. SCV took it to court and won saying only the Texas state > legislature could remove them. > > --- On Wed, 9/16/09, jpgillam <jpgil...@...> wrote: > > > From: jpgillam <jpgil...@...> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Sons of Confederate Veterans is political (was Re: > Maureen Dowd, racist) > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 2:24 PM > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@ yahoogroups. com, Mike Dixon wrote: > > > > John, Sons of Confederate Veterans is a > > history club. ... They are not political > > in nature, at all... > > The Sons of Confederate Veterans devotes six > web pages to "Heritage Defense," which strikes > me as pretty darn political. Cases currently > being reviewed by the Heritage Defense Committee > include these: > > - NCAA boycott of South Carolina sporting events > > - NASCAR cooperation with people who protest the use of the Confederate flag > > - Midland, Texas, Independent School District consideration of dropping > Confederate references at two schools named for Robert E. Lee > > For the full list, visit http://www.scv. org/heritage. php . > > I have no complaint with SCV members wishing > to portray their heritage in a good light. But > please do not tell me it's not political. >
