Please sign petition to save Father Serra's statue.

[JuniperoSerra]

The California State Senate has approved the removal of (soon to be) Saint Junipero Serra’s statue from the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Should it also be approved by the state assembly, it would go to the governor’s office for his signature.

The petition requests that Gov. Jerry Brown not approve the removal of the statue. You may sign the petition without your name appearing, with only your first name appearing, etc.

Thank you all! Please pass the word…

Petition: ipetitions.com/petition/please-retain-statue-of-junipero-serra-in-us

Background: catholicnewsagency.com/news/statue-of-pope-francis-new-saint-could-be-kicked-out-of-us-capital-99813/

 

[Sparkythedog]

The California State Senate has approved the removal of (soon to be) Saint Junipero Serra’s statue from the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Should it also be approved by the state assembly, it would go to the governor’s office for his signature.

The petition requests that Gov. Jerry Brown not approve the removal of the statue. You may sign the petition without your name appearing, with only your first name appearing, etc.

Thank you all! Please pass the word…

Petition: ipetitions.com/petition/please-retain-statue-of-junipero-serra-in-us

Background: catholicnewsagency.com/news/statue-of-pope-francis-new-saint-could-be-kicked-out-of-us-capital-99813/

I wonder why he would be considered a controversial figure. Even though his goal was to evangelize the native people, he also seemed to want to remove the coercive military aspects that accompanied those efforts.

While I don’t endorse the actions of the spanish conquest of the native American people and I’m not big on evangelism and religion in general, I don’t think we should whitewash ever historic political and social leader just because they don’t necessarily fit into our modern time.