The Alabama Hatred Preservation Act (Montgomery Advertiser editorial)

3:02 p.m. CDT April 1, 2016

... Now pending before a Senate committee, the bill would make it harder for localities to remove historical monuments on public property. As in monuments honoring the Confederacy.

Or to remove, rename or alter statues, memorials or plaques on public property. As in statues, memorials or plaques honoring the Confederacy.

Or to rename schools, streets, bridges, buildings and parks on public property. As in names of streets, bridges, buildings or parks honoring the Confederacy.

... municipalities that might wish to remove a Robert E. Lee statue or rename a majority-black high school named for Jefferson Davis ... would have to petition a legislative committee, hold two months of public hearings and buy newspaper ads to inform area residents of a proposed change. After all that, the committee could simply turn down a city’s request ...

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/04/01/editorial-alabama-hatred-preservation-act/82527632/