Steps of controversy. (Politics).Abraham Lincoln may be an icon of tolerance, but some conservative activists say a video at the Lincoln Memorial Lincoln Memorial, monument, 107 acres (45 hectares), in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; built 1914–17. The building, designed by Henry Bacon and styled after a Greek temple, has 36 Doric columns representing the states of the Union at the time of Lincoln's mistakenly implies that the 16th president would have supported gay rights if he were alive today. The video, which was created during the first Bush administration, is supposed to chronicle the many rallies that have taken place at the monument. Conservatives object to footage featuring gay rights marches, saying it incorrectly links Lincoln to pro-gay sentiments. "This is a first-class inversion--perversion--of Abraham Lincoln," said Lou Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition The Traditional Values Coalition is a Christian Right organization that claims to represent over 43,000 conservative Christian churches throughout the United States of America. Headquartered in Washington, D.C. . David Barna, a spokesman for the National Park Service, said the video is currently under review at the agency. He added, however, that if conservative groups feel underrepresented un·der·rep·re·sent·ed adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. in the footage, it might be because they traditionally hold their own rallies at the Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. building or the Supreme Court rather than at the Lincoln Memorial. |
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