2021-006 - City does not condone hate groups and condemns the use of the name Paris Texas in promotional materials with respect to Planned Church of the Ku Klux Klan White Unity Conferency

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RESOLUTION NO. 2021-006 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS WITH RESPECT TO PLANNED CHURCH OF THE KU KLUX KLAN WHITE UNITY CONFERENCE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council has become aware of a "White Unity Conference" allegedly planned by the Church of the Ku Klux Klan for October 9, 2021 on private property outside the city limits; and WHEREAS, the online advertisement for said conference states that it will be held in "Paris, Texas," which, according to reports in the media, is untrue; and WHEREAS, said advertisement states that "all pro -white patriot organizations welcomed"; and WHEREAS, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the KKK, and groups affiliated therewith, "with its history of violence, is the oldest and most infamous of American hate groups. Although Black Americans have typically been the Klan's primary target, it also has attacked Jews, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ community and, until recently, Catholics."; and WHEREAS, the City Council is proud of the diversity of the residents of the city, and the city has proudly participated in diversity related community events; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas does not condone hate groups or bigotry of any kind; and WHEREAS, the City Council condemns the use of the name of "Paris, Texas," in connection with the "White Unity Conference" as being untrue and as besmirching the name of the city; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. The City Council disapproves of the "White Unity Conference" allegedly scheduled by the Church of the Ku Klux Klan for October 9, 2021, to be held outside the city limits on private property. Section 3. The City of Paris does not condone hate groups or bigotry of any kind; and Section 4. The City Council hereby condemns the use of the name "Paris, Texas" in promotional materials for said conference and hereby requests that organizers remove that name from said materials. Section S. This resolution shall become effective from and after the date of passage.