A silver lining - KKK rally at Gettysburg site cancelled due to shutdown

[ehrnst]

"Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members hoping to rally on Saturday at Gettysburg, the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the U.S. Civil War, were disappointed when their plans were scuttled by a government shutdown.

Amid public outrage, the National Parks Service had granted a permit last week to the Maryland-based Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

“The National Park Service mission in preserving and protecting the historic resources at Gettysburg includes making them available to all Americans, even those whose views are contrary to the majority of the American public,” the Park Service said had said in a statement at the time.


But the Parks Service rescinded all permits on Tuesday after a stalemate between Republicans and Democrats forced a partial government shutdown."


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/01/kkk-rally-at-gettysburg-civil-war-site-canceled-due-to-government-shutdown/

[inch4progress]

1. I wonder if a permit would have been given to Occupy?

Anywho, I'm going to keep and eye on this, no doubt they will re-apply. Someone should be there to give them a warm welcome