The board of a small Louisiana cemetery that denied burial to a black sheriff's deputy has held an emergency meeting and removed a whites only provision from its sales contracts.The board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery said they were unaware of the "horrible" policy
"I met with the lady out there and she said she could NOT sell me a plot because the cemetery is a WHITES ONLY cemetery," Karla Semien wrote on Facebook. Board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery H Creig Vizena said he had been stunned and ashamed to learn of the "horrible" policy. Mr Vizena said he apologized to the family and offered one of his own plots in the small cemetery, which he estimated covers less than a hectare.Officer Darrell Semien, 55, was a local sheriff's deputy living in Oberlin.
So many of these disgusting bigots openly claim they are Christian, they do not have a clue about the religion they profess total allegiance too. Theirs is a cult version nothing more nothing less.
God bless the Baptist again 🙄
Racism is everywhere so we have to act anti-racism verbally.
Holy fuck. I didn’t realise we still in medieval times. What the fuck is wrong with ppl?
'Board president for Oaklin Springs Cemetery H Creig Vizena said he had been stunned and ashamed to learn of the 'horrible' policy.' And yet someone knew the contract well enough to say the officer couldn't be buried there. 🤔
That sign looks awfully familiar ... 'Something something makes you free' perhaps?
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