LINCOLN MEMORIAL GONE WILD

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LINCOLN MEMORIAL GONE WILD

The National Park Service "has been out buying video footage of conservative rallies"
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050701/ap_on_go_ot/lincoln_memorial_video;_ylt=AjXwYX5YOjbyKSoNUHNYdpxI2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
to make an 8 minute video shown at the Lincoln memorial more
acceptable for conservative activists. Internal Park Service documents show
that "the service bought footage of President Bush, pro-gun demonstrations
and pro-Iraq war rallies and even considered cutting out a section
showing former President Clinton."



Right-wing activists, like the Traditional Values Coaltion's Rev. Louis Sheldon, say the current video -- which shows glimpses of several rallies held at the monument -- gives "the impression that Lincoln would have supported abortion and homosexuality."
So far, the Park Service has spent $20,000 on the project.