A Confederate Apology, And I Won’t Apologize
(A great read by Rev. Larry Beane from his Substack – DD)
I’ve made no secret about my views on a controversial period of American history: when thirteen states seceded from the American Union, formed a confederation, adopted a constitution, were invaded, were conquered, and were forced back into the Union – a Union transformed by the experience into a centralized nation.
In their ignorance of both history and historiography, some people argue that defending the seceded states – and the soldiers and civilians of the Confederate States of America in the subsequent war – is intolerable and must be excluded in today’s tolerant and inclusive culture. This is even true in the church, and in my own conservative church body, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) – as I’ll occasionally be subject to whispering campaigns, or outright calls for me to be reigned-in, forced to conform to the Official Narrative (sometimes called the Righteous Cause Myth), or else I should be defrocked.
It’s my understanding that someone recently publicly complained to our synod president (the equivalent of our archbishop) about pastors being pro-Confederate, as if this is not compatible with our faith and life and ministerial service.
I serve an LCMS parish in the Deep South of Louisiana. Many of…
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