Alabama bans Cycles Gladiator wine

[Mr. Bloom]

The 300,000 southern Baptists sign is before my time, but I think this is in the same vein. It's on I-65N just north of Montgomery (just past the Prattville exit).

I am familiar with that sign (right by the waterwheel), I'll be driving right past it on the way to Gulf Shores on Friday...not offended by it at all - again, Alabama will always have a very conservative political bias that is influenced by its conservative religious concentrations...I wasn't criticizing the billboard.

however, I am offended by the confederate memorial just south of Nashville on I-65...a much more blatant display for a very small and very contrary viewpoint ...

[PamNY]

Years ago there was a sign flat on the ground near the Knoxville, TN airport, placed so you'd see it if you looked out the airplane window. The sign, if I recall correctly, urged passengers to "Get Right with God."

I recently spent a lot of time in the South after being away for years, and I found the religious signage charming even though none of it represented my beliefs. Maybe it was just nostalgia.

I agree with Mr. Silver about the Confederate stuff.

[Zen]

I agree with Mr. Silver about the Confederate stuff.

A memorial to honor dead soldiers? What's wrong with that? They were people. They were someones brother or son. Just because you don't agree with a "small and contrary viewpoint" as MS puts it, doesn't mean there should be no memorial.
It's part of this country's history.

[Mr. Bloom]

A memorial to honor dead soldiers? What's wrong with that? They were people. They were someones brother or son. Just because you don't agree with a "small and contrary viewpoint" as MS puts it, doesn't mean there should be no memorial.
It's part of this country's history.

No, this one isn't a memorial to honor dead soldiers - it's a defiant, pistol raised general on a horse in honor of the confederacy. Initially, it also had a billboard stating that "The South will Rise Again"

But decide for yourself if you think that Nathan Bedford Forrest, surrounded by a ring of confederate flags is a memorial to him...and if the fact that it's made out of low cost fiberglass, rather than stone like HIS other monuments, is intended to make a low cost point...or memorialize him is not for me to know(the accompanying billboard is not pictured here...)


It's not a historic item...it's been there just a few years.

Sorry for the hijack!

[tulip]

No, this one isn't a memorial to honor dead soldiers - it's a defiant, pistol raised general on a horse in honor of the confederacy.

We have a whole street of those. But I must say, it's a beautiful street.

[lo123]

I am familiar with that sign (right by the waterwheel), I'll be driving right past it on the way to Gulf Shores on Friday...not offended by it at all - again, Alabama will always have a very conservative political bias that is influenced by its conservative religious concentrations...I wasn't criticizing the billboard.

however, I am offended by the confederate memorial just south of Nashville on I-65...a much more blatant display for a very small and very contrary viewpoint ...

I'm not offended by the sign but rather by the attitudes that are so common here
This article just underscores what I'm talking about.

Yes it's a conservative state, but the hatred that still resides here is disturbing to this transplant. Especially when it's all in the name of 'religion' or 'good family values'