Post by pavel on Jan 8, 2016 23:26:44 GMT -6
Stacy Head calls anti-abortion banners 'offensive,' evokes Confederate monument removal
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu should explain why anti-abortion banners festoon the St. Charles Avenue neutral ground, since he has decided to be the arbiter of what symbols are so offensive that they must be removed from public property, City Councilwoman Stacy Head said at a recent meeting.
Head didn't mention the monuments specifically, as she spoke at a committee meeting Wednesday (Jan. 6), but her comments were a clear reference to Landrieu's push to have Confederate-related statues declared nuisances and removed from public property.
As a woman, Head said, she feels like the banners are a nuisance since they "negatively influence the perception of my civil liberties as a woman. I believe I'm being discriminated against."
Head asked the administration to explain in writing the process by which the city decides what banners are allowed, and how much money they generate.
Continue reading at www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/stacy_head_calls_anti-abortion.html#incart_most-read_politics_article
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu should explain why anti-abortion banners festoon the St. Charles Avenue neutral ground, since he has decided to be the arbiter of what symbols are so offensive that they must be removed from public property, City Councilwoman Stacy Head said at a recent meeting.
Head didn't mention the monuments specifically, as she spoke at a committee meeting Wednesday (Jan. 6), but her comments were a clear reference to Landrieu's push to have Confederate-related statues declared nuisances and removed from public property.
As a woman, Head said, she feels like the banners are a nuisance since they "negatively influence the perception of my civil liberties as a woman. I believe I'm being discriminated against."
Head asked the administration to explain in writing the process by which the city decides what banners are allowed, and how much money they generate.
Continue reading at www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/stacy_head_calls_anti-abortion.html#incart_most-read_politics_article