Virginia Dem Gov. Signs Law Allowing Localities To Remove Confederate Memorials From Conservative Daily Press: Making the state of Virginia more “equitable and inclusive” apparently means ripping down historical markers… aka tearing down Civil War memorials. Cavalier Daily reported: Gov. Ralph Northam, D-Va., signed a bill Saturday allowing individual localities to remove, relocate or contextualize Confederate statues and monuments within their communities. Localities can begin using these powers starting July 1. … In a news release, Northam stated that the new laws will “make Virginia more equitable, just, and inclusive.” Senate Bill 183 and House Bill 1537 effectively overturn Virginia’s prohibition on the removal of Confederate war memorials, and starting July 1, localities may remove, contextualize or relocate monuments as they wish. Although the Senate bill initially required a vote by supermajority to ratify any decision regarding the monuments, the measures Northam signed do not require a supermajority vote for local action. Instead, localities may hold a nonbinding referendum to determine the fate of their communities’ monuments.  “Racial discrimination is rooted in many of the choices we have made about who and what to honor, and in many of the laws that have historically governed this Commonwealth,” Northam said. In a press release sent out by Take ‘Em Down Cville, the Charlottesville-based affiliate of Monumental Justice Virginia — a group of Virginians advocating for local control of Confederate monuments — Bryant stated her support for this legislation. “The signing of this landmark legislation is a monumental step in the direction of telling a fuller story of who we are,” Bryant wrote. “These Confederate monuments and other symbols of the Lost Cause should no longer control the narrative. No more odes to white supremacy and oppression.” https://conservativedailypost.com/dem-gov-signs-law-allowing-localities-to-remove-confederate-memorials/