A statue of President Lincoln is housed inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — The National Park Service is reviewing a video presentation at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington that conservative groups say portrays the former president as a supporter of modern-day liberal causes like gay rights, abortion rights and the modern feminist agenda.
"It's political correctness par excellence," said Rev. Louis Sheldon, chairman and founder of Traditional Values Coalition. "This is a first-class inversion, perversion of Abraham Lincoln."
But some citizens who viewed the tape say they don't think it distorts the president's beliefs.
Nonetheless, Sheldon's son Phil Sheldon, who runs the Web site ConservativePetitions.com, has launched a national effort to get the video removed. ConservativePetitions.com has posted an online form where concerned citizens can sign on to demand the National Park Service remove the video.
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