Religious Scholar gives his assessment of the meaning of Confederate iconography at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond

http://openfriendshipinaclosedsociety.blogspot.com/2015/08/signs-of-crimes-and-forgiving-victim.html


The above is the link. The reassessment of church's connections to the Confederacy is happening.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church is the church I wrote back in 2014. They first decided to disinvite the United Daughters of the Confederacy, then they decided to assess their Confederate imagery in the Church.


The correspondence and news articles can be read at this link.

http://www.templeofdemocracy.com/richmond-2014-2015.html

Presidential Questionnaire now on a web page. Questionnaire for the candidates on how they stand regarding the Confederacy and neo-Confederates

http://www.templeofdemocracy.com/presidential-questionnaire.html

The questionnaire and the cover letter to the questionnaire is on the webpage.

From the webpage: 

There are a surprising number of ways a President and their administration is involved with policy and practice which promotes honoring the Confederacy or enables neo-Confederates.

So are these candidates have been written with proof of mailing.

REPUBLICANS: Ted Cruz (5/11/2015), Mike Huckabeee (5/11/2015), Dr. Benjamin S. Carson (5/11/2015), Carly Fiorina (5/11/2015), Rand Paul (5/11/2015), Marco Rubio (5/11/2015), George Pataki (6/2/2015), Lindsay Graham (6/17/2015), Rick Santorum (6/6/2015), Jeb Bush(6/17/2015), Bobby Jindal (7/3/2015) , Martin O'Malley (6/2/2015), Rick Perry (6/4/2015), Donald Trump (7/3/2015) .

DEMOCRATS: Lincoln Chaffee (6/17/2015), Jim Webb (7/3/2015), Hillary Clinton (5/11/2015), Bernie Sanders(5/12/2015).

Candidates who will be written next: Scott Walker, John Kasich, will be sent the questionnaire shortly.

Other potential candidates will be written after they announce. For candidates not responding to the first mailing there will be a follow up mailing by certified letter.

Lincoln Chaffee replied and said that he would not be answering questionnaires.

Bill Clinton's letters to the United Daughters of the Confederacy are published in Buzzfeed

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/heres-a-1994-letter-from-president-bill-clinton-to-the-unite#.vsQrNG7bd


I wrote Hillary Clinton on the issues where presidential policies enable neo-Confederates.

http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2015/05/questionnaire-for-2016-presidential.html#.VYsum_lVikp

The above is the questionnaire. So far I have written these people.

Candidate	Proof of Mailing	Certified	Status
Ted Cruz	(5/11/2015)		Waiting for a response
Mike Huckabeee	(5/11/2015)		Waiting for a response
Dr. Benjamin S. Carson	(5/11/2015)		Waiting for a response
Carly Fiorina	(5/11/2015)		Waiting for a response
Rand Paul	(5/11/2015)		Waiting for a response
Marco Rubio	(5/11/2015)		Waiting for a response
George Pataki	(6/2/2015)		Waiting for a response
Lindsay Graham	(6/17/20150		Waiting for a response
Rick Santorum	(5/29/2015)		Waiting for a response
Jeb Bush			Announcement date is unknown but is definitely running.
Bobby Jindal			Announces June 24th if he is running.
Scott Walker			Is he going to run?
Chris Christie			Is he going to run?
Bobby Jindal			Exploratory committee will announce after June 11th.
Martin O'Malley	(6/2/2015)		Waiting for a response
Lincoln Chaffee			Got response.  Doesn't answer questionnaires.
Jim Webb			Has only exploratory Committee. Going to mail anyways. Has neo-Confederate elements in his thinking.
Rick Perry	(6/4/2015)		Waiting for a response
Donald Trump			Annouced. No FEC filing yet.

Presidents, Presidential candidates and Mitt Romney opinions of the Confederate flag

First there is this report that President Obama said that the Confederate flag belonged in a museum.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33205363


Mitt Romney has come out against the Confederate flag. This has put the Republican presidential candidates on the spot because they are now being asked questions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2015/06/20/how-mitt-romneys-opposition-to-confederate-flag-just-put-the-current-gop-presidential-candidates-on-the-spot/

Before I go further I would like to point out that I have been mailing the presidential candidates questionnaires as they announce and their campaign mailing address becomes available in the Federal Election Commission reports.

The questionnaire is in this blog posting.
http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2015/05/questionnaire-for-2016-presidential.html#.VYYMHPlVikp

Back to the Washington Post article, the Republican Presidential candidates are mostly saying that it is up to the people of South Carolina to decide. This is a clever avoidance of the issue. Yes, it will be up to the people of South Carolina to decide, but a presidential candidate or anyone else can say whether it would be a good idea or not.

This is another article on how the Republican presidential candidates are trying to side step the issue.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-confederate-flag-debate-20150620-story.html

The real issue is that the Republican candidates have a significant portion of their base which is attached to the Confederacy.

Some other candidates and links.

Here is Jindal avoiding taking a stand.
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/06/bobby_jindal_confederate_flag.html

John Kasich doesn't want to engage the issue here.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/06/20/john-kasich-quiet-confederate-flag/29042451/

Presidential Questionnaire mailed to announced candidates

I have mailed to the announced presidential candidates the questionnaire which I posted on this blog. You can read it here.

http://newtknight.blogspot.com/2015/05/questionnaire-for-2016-presidential.html#.VVJ3Y_lViko

Along with the questionnaire I sent a cover letter and a copy of Bill Clinton's letter of congratulations to the United Daughters of the Confederacy with a note asking that when president not to do this. A web article documenting Bill Clinton's letters to the UDC is: http://www.blackcommentator.com/274/274_clinton_udc.html

The candidates I sent the questionnaire to were:

Democratic:

1. Bernie Sanders.

2. Hillary Clinton

Republican:

1. Carly Fiorina

2. Marco Rubio

3. Rand Paul

4. Benjamin Carson

5. Mike Huckabee

6. Ted Cruz

As more candidates announce their candidacy I will be writing them. I will be publishing the results at www.templeofdemocracy.com.

Questionnaire for the 2016 Presidential Candidates

This is a draft of the questionnaire that I have planned to send out.  The cover letter will explain that possible answers are not confined to the four answers given, but that they can write their own reply as they see fit. I plan on having supporters write candidates asking them to respond if they haven't responded. 

1. As president would you consider appointing a person to the position of United States Attorney General who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

2. As president would you consider appointing a person to be a commissioner for the United States Commission on Civil Rights who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

3. As president would you consider nominating a person for a Federal judgeship who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

4. As president would you consider for the head of a law enforcement agency of the Federal government a person who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

5. As president would you consider choosing for your cabinet a person who is a member of a neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

6. As president would you consider nominating a member of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Council of Conservative Citizens for an ambassadorship?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

7. As president would you consider appointing a member of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Council of Conservative Citizens to the National Endowment for the Arts.

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

8. Do you oppose the involvement of neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizen in the Reserve Officer Training Corps or the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

9. Do you oppose the U.S. military’s practice of working with neo-Confederate organizations such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

10. Do you think a state has a right to secede?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

11. Do you think that nullification is legitimate?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

12. Do you support the 13th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

13. Do you support the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

14. Do you support the 15th Amendment to the Constitution?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

15. Are you a member, regular, associate, honorary, or otherwise of a neo-Confederate organization such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

16. During your administration as president would you send a wreath to the Arlington Confederate monument?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

17. Would you fly or display a Confederate flag at the White House or any other presidential residence?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

18. Would your presidential administration allow a Confederate monument to be erected on Federal property?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

19. As president would you declare a day, week or month a special time to commemorate the Confederacy or a Confederate leader?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

20. As president would you support the naming of a Federal bridge, building, park, ship, vehicle, military base or some other Federal public structure or place for purpose of honoring a member of the Confederacy?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

21. While president would you participate in a celebration, observance, or ceremony to honor, memorialize, or celebrate the Confederacy or a member of the Confederacy or send a representative to do so?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

22. Would your presidential administration support having Civil War battlefield parks explain the role of slavery in the Civil War?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

23. Would you place in the White House or some other place of presidential residency pictures or memorials of Confederate leaders?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

24. Would you invite to the White House any neo-Confederate groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, League of the South or the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)

25. Would you invite to an event any neo--Confederate groups such as the Sons of Confederate Veterans, United Daughters of the Confederacy, League of the South or the Council of Conservative Citizens?

Yes, No, Undecided, Other. (Circle One.)