Misinterpretation of an old newspaper article has led to false reports that Tennessee lawmakers could swap out a controversial statue for one of the beloved country star.
suggesting it and other Confederate statues be replaced with Dolly Parton had over 6,000 signatures Monday afternoon.report is being taken grossly out of context, says the reporter who wrote it, who clarifies that state Rep. Jeremy Faison only mentioned Parton as"a funny example."Forrest, a Tennessee native, served as a general in the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War.
Parton, also a Tennessee native, has had a country music career that’s now spanned at least parts of eight decades, and has had 25 songs reach the top of the“It was not against the law to own slaves back then,” Rep. Jerry Sexton, a Republican, said in an argument against the resolution suggesting Forrest’s removal. “Who knows, maybe some of us will be slaves one of these days. Laws change.
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