Panel approves model of Billy Graham statue for US Capitol

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 12:21 pm CDT, Thursday, July 30, 2020

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina legislative committee has approved a model of a statue honoring the late Rev. Billy Graham to replace one of a former governor and white supremacist who currently represents the state in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall.

The Legislature’s Statuary Hall Selection Committee on Wednesday approved the model of the Southern Baptist minister created by Charlotte-based sculptor Chas Fagan, The Charlotte Observer reported.

. . .

Each state is allowed two statues to represent it in the hall, and the statue of Graham would replace that of Charles Aycock, a governor who also led white supremacist campaigns at the turn of the 20th century. Aycock's statue has represented North Carolina in the hall for nearly 90 years.

A bill by the Democratic-led House Appropriations Committee announced this month seeks to remove all Confederate busts and statues of “individuals with unambiguous records of racial intolerance” from the Capitol, including Aycock's.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Panel-approves-model-of-Billy-Graham-statue-for-15446030.php

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Hardly an improvement.

[Dios Mio]

23. I agree. How about a statue of the Buddha?

[BigDemVoter]

2. Why the FUCK?

Billy Graham was a racist, anti-semitic piece of SHIT.

He got busted on the Nixon tapes making racist and anti-semitic jokes with Tricky Dick. . . . Fuck him. I wish I believed in hell, because it would give me great satisfaction to think his sorry ass was roasting there.

[Grokenstein]

18. We're getting rid of the Confederate idols, so the bigots need different ones.

[rockfordfile]

3. Another racist?

[barbtries]

4. fuck that.

Separation of church and state. Put a statue of him in front of your fucking church.

[OnlinePoker]

5. I predict another statue toppling in the near future. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. "Establishment of religion" clause. . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Maybe let BG get a statue in Capitol when John Lewis gets a statue in tRump's church. . . . nt

[SergeStorms]

27. Trump doesn't really have a church.

He just uses churches as props. He uses religion as a prop. Everything in the world is a prop for fluffing up his ego, I think.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Exactly. So it won't happen anytime soon :)

[rickyhall]

8. Take Lee down & put Graham up. Point?

[catbyte]

9. Give me a goddamned break.

[pamdb]

10. Really?

Why? Not sure it's much an improvement. But I'm sure Franklin is ticked pink.

[2naSalit]

11. OFFS!

Geebus Krist on a sewer cracker!

That's just so wrong on so many levels.

[DallasNE]

12. So Much For The Separation Of Church And State N/T

[bringthePaine]

13. gonna make a great sound when it falls🖕

[lindysalsagal]

31. Dunno about that: empty rhetoric crumbles easily.

In my experience, you need the truth to hear a "boom" when it crashes to the ground.

[delisen]

14. Billy Graham is on tape at Nixon Whitehouse making anti-Semitic comments nt

[ananda]

15. What? How is that better?

???

[Dios Mio]

24. These fuckers just persist with their shit.

It’s another disease and opportunity for the CDC. ( Center for douche control )

[They_Live]

16. Pre-emptive toppling

I can see it.

[Politicub]

17. A slap in the face to the LGBTQ community

If it were up to Graham and his offspring, anyone from the LGBTQ community would be denied access to the Capitol.

[paleotn]

19. Will it come with a push button....

that allows you to hear the good Reverend chatting with Tricky Dick about Jewish folks? Now that was an enlightening conversation. Lest we forget, he was also a lying bastard, not all that different from his son Franklin.

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/billy-graham-richard-nixon-tapes-the-one-time-graham-image-was-tarnished/DCj06gfORZJLYa30cLawWL/

[NurseJackie]

20. Disgusting. He was a racist fuck.

[Warpy]

21. Uh, no. Just no.

Of course, no Republican is going to allow Sen. Sam Ervin a statue to represent the best the state had to offer.

I suppose we should be grateful it's not Jesse Helms.

I doubt Graham will last long. Eventually it will dawn on lawmakers that a preacher doesn't belong there.

[ancianita]

22. He did say good things about the role of Christianity and race. But he preached to racists.

[Dios Mio]

25. Are these people just trying to piss me off?

[Ford_Prefect]

26. They think that we don't see...

[not_the_one]

28. Fine, as long as Madalyn Murray O'Hair, a champion of atheist causes, also gets one.

I am holding my breath, and have reached a very nice shade of azure blue... fading... fading... fading... THUD

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Same Thing

The Preacher and Vietnam: When Billy Graham Urged Nixon to Kill One Million People

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/09/27/the-preacher-and-vietnam-when-billy-graham-urged-nixon-to-kill-one-million-people/