Arlington replaces confederate statue with statue of interracial gay troops kissing
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va. — Secretaries of the military branches presided over a ceremony this morning to dedicate a statue of interracial gay troops kissing where a confederate statue once stood, sources confirm.
A large crowd wearing rainbow attire cheered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, and Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro unveiled the bronze figures of a white male officer wrapped in the arms of a Black male soldier, their lips locked in fiery passion.
The base of the new statue previously held a confederate memorial that was removed last year as part of the Pentagon’s “No More Glorification For Traitors” cemetery improvement project.
“It is a testament to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that we have unveiled this statue on the 163rd anniversary of the Confederate constitution’s approval,” Austin said in his remarks before introducing the sculpture’s creator, Saffron Monsoon, to a long round of applau…