From Alabama Baptist.org:
"Alabama Baptist bivocational pastor Will Dismukes resigned from
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Prattville, on July 29 following three
days of backlash resulting from a Facebook post.
Dismukes, a Republican state representative whose district includes
Prattville and Millbrook, gave the invocation July 25 at an annual
birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest, a leader in the
Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
The event was held at Fort Dixie in Selma and coincided with
ceremonies honoring the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis, an Alabama native who
was a leader in the civil rights movement. Lewis was a longtime member
of Congress from Georgia.
Dismukes posted on Facebook the next day: “Had a great time at Fort
Dixie speaking and giving the invocation for Nathan Bedford Forrest
annual birthday celebration. Always a great time and some sure enough
good eating!!”
The post was later removed.
Alabama lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties have denounced Dismukes for participating in the event."
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