Daughters of the Confederacy - VA - Have a chuckle on me!

[JustAnotherGen]

Posted in the Black American Group by A Host

It's been rolling around in the VA Legislature for a couple of years - but yesterday a New Version of the Bill Passed in the VA House of Delegates yesterday.


Democratic lawmakers seek to distance Virginia from its Confederate past
Democratic Delegate Michael Feggans said it's important for the legislature to align with the current values of the state.
https://www.courthousenews.com/democratic-lawmakers-seek-to-distance-virginia-from-its-confederate-past/

Democratic Delegate Alex Askew introduced a bill for the fourth consecutive session that would eliminate the state recordation tax exemption for the Virginia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy implemented in 1950, and the tax-exempt designation for real and personal property owned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the General Organization of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Confederate Memorial Literary Society, the Virginia Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Stonewall Jackson Memorial, Incorporated, and the J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, Inc.

State code exempts most nonprofit organizations, including hospitals and churches. Askew’s bill allows localities to continue these exemptions while removing any mandatory state exemptions. Former Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin vetoed the measure in 2025, arguing the legislature should broadly reform tax exemptions rather than targeting specific organizations.

“The property tax exemption by designation is ripe for reform, delineated by inconsistencies and discrepancies,” Youngkin said. “Narrowly targeting specific organizations to gain or lose such tax exemptions sets an inappropriate precedent. Initially, the General Assembly granted exemptions through a three-quarters vote of both chambers, but now, a simple majority can revoke them. Choosing winners and losers is imprudent and undermines the tax system’s fairness.”

The new version of the bill passed through the House of Delegates on Tuesday on a 62-35 vote.

Hey America! Never this way pass again. No lost cause when the Regime falls. And let's not be nice to Them. They are the descendants of these asshole women.

[BaronChocula]

1. Long overdue

Reminds me of a clip I saw on FB from an Irish Gen Y historian who is celebrating Black History Month. Her clip I saw last night was a reminder that Reconstruction didn't fail - it was intentionally dismantled. I often wonder how differently things would have turned out if republicans hadn't lost their spine in the 1870s.

[Keepthesoulalive]

2. Republicans have never had a spine

We see now they are a bunch of wussies.

[BaronChocula]

3. Never had a spine?

Abolition took some moral fortitude as did Reconstruction while it lasted I'd say. It's why freed blacks overwhelmingly served in legislatures as Republicans and voted Republican for years after the Civil War.

Today's republicans are a way different story.

[Keepthesoulalive]

4. The republicans constantly gave into the south

Black folks voted republican until John Kennedy because the republican lash was not as harsh as the Dixiecrats. My family in the south were republicans until the 60’s . They did not champion us, because if things become to difficult it is easier to ignore the problem than fix it.

[BaronChocula]

5. I think we can agree

Black folks voted Republican not out of hero worship but because it was a better option.

[Keepthesoulalive]

6. We have always been pragmatic.

That is our strength.