This bit of news (a slap in the face) was found in the Nashville Tennessean concerning what our Wonderful Legislators did to the folks of the SCV organization.

Anyone reading this can form their own opinion of the situation, but how can anyone vote down the rights of one group and then turn right around and uphold the wishes of another group and say that it's not discrimination. (B.S.)

HERE GOES I hope y'all get as Mad as I did!

HEADLINE: Black History Car Tags OK'd House vote follows decision against Confederate Plate! By JOHN SHIFFMAN Staff Writer Lawmakers issued a split decision on Southern Heritage yesterday. Hours after a House committee killed a bill creating a specialty license plate for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the full house adopted one establishing Three (3) plates honoring AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE. Though an apparent coincidence, the timing of the votes, which came as the legislature consodered dozens of bills, was not lost on many lawmakers.

"I don't feel like the Sons of Confederate Veterans were treated equally with all other cultural plates that have been approved," said Rep. Steve McDaniel of Lexington, the Republican leader in the House and Sponsor of the Confederate Plate bill. The plate would have included the Confederate Battle Flag.

"To me it was saying that because you're a member of the Sons of the Confederacy, that your ancestors fought the Civil War, you're not a Full Citizen of Tennessee." Noting that he voted for the African American plates, Henri Brooks, D-Memphis said the two cannot be compared. "It's Apples and Oranges," Brooks said. "African American history is not offensive to anyone. Anything associated with the Confederacy is Objectionable to African Americans. It conjures up images of slavery." he said! Proceeds from the sale of the African American plates will go to fund a state commission on the "Struggle for justice, equality and opportunity and monitor related educational and cultural activities. The plates would honor black history, the Fisk Race Relations Institute and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The House vote creating the civil rights panel and three (3) plates was 87-1. Four members abstained. The measure passed with virtually no debate. By Contrast, the bill established the Confederate plate, which had been APPROVED by the SENATE, died after a Rancorous debate in the House Calendar and Rules Committee, observers said. The vote was 13-7. Click the Link for More!