VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE CITY OF NORFOLK ROY L. PERRY-BEY and RONADL M. GREEN Docket No vi CL19-3928 (MJH) CITY OF NORFOLK, et al. OPENING STATEMENT OF ROY L. PERRY-BEY Our Constitution requires loyalty to America, and the City of Norfolk’s Confederate flag monument is a symbol of Confederacy, and requires divided loyalty, which the “City” promotes in furtherance of White Supremacy. eeecrrretd However, the focus of our cause of action, is not alone on the City’s Confederate Monument, honoring the treasonous Confederate States of America. Rather, a much broader principle is at stake: When a legislative majority of racists, segregationists, white supremacists, secessionist and white nationalists, singles out a minority group for the purpose of expressing content-specific expression of private hate speech and religious bigotry, in such pointed fashion, the first and fourteenth amendment cannot help but be implicated. And it is as a free speech and equal protection case, not as a Confederate monument case, that this action must be resolved. It is important to keep the issue here in some perspective. The vast majority of Virginians do not endorse the Confederacy, White Supremacy or the Confederate monument. The vast majority of Virginians seek venues other than a public right-away for the observance of their religious liberty or free speech, and do not view the Confederate monument as symbolically celebrating their religion or free speech rights. The vast majority of Virginians understand the government’ s proclamation of Confederacy ("White Supremacy”), is a dark xeminder of the unspeakable cruelties of humanity and human bondage; against people of African-descent as the Plaintiffs that represent a distinct group whose rights must be promoted and protected.The vast majority of Virginians recognize the sad paradox of Confederate history, namely, that thirteen rebellious southern states, swore allegiance to a shameful cause to over throw the United States Government, that thankfully was defeated, and to practices that no society should have sought to defend. The First and Fourteenth Amendment was written to safeguard against abridgment of religious liberty and equal protection of citizens of the United States. That belongs not just to a single minority of one, but all. It is easy enough for judges to uphold expression with which they personally agree, or speech they know will meet with general approbation. Yet pleasing speech is not the kind that needs protection. Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. v. Commissioner of Virginia Dept. of Motor Vehicles, 305 F.3d 241, 242 (4th Cir. 2002) (Wilkinson, €.3., concurring in denial of rehearing en banc). Plaintiffs’ have an absolute right of immunity from religious coercion the cornerstone of their unconstrained conscience. No one should be compelled to embrace any religion against their will, nor should persons of faith be forbidden to worship God according to the dictates of conscience or to express freely and publicly their deeply held religious convictions. Plaintiffs have a conscience because, “in the beginning,” God wrote his laws on Adam’s heart. Paul explains this in Roman: 2:14-15. Kav. 1s For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: 1 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) This is why Apostle Paul said that we are without excuse in our rebellious nature, we intentionally exchanged the truth about God, truth we know intuitively, for a lie. Plaintiffs claim the City’s Confederate flag monument expressing content-specific expression of private hate speech and religious white supremacy, offends both equal protection and immunity from religious coercion the cornerstone of unconstrained conscience.The City’s Confederate flag monument compelling them to embrace religious white supremacy, political or religious nationalism of the white man over the inferior or colored race; is against the Plaintiffs’ conscience and will. Exhibit 6 attached. The City’s political and religious use of the ("Confederate flag monument”), to inflict public pain on the Plaintiffs, and all others similarity situated is sin. The City’s Confederate flag monument expressing content-specific expression of religious white supremacy, and evangelical white nationalism, is a form of religion based on the words of the Confederate flag designer, William T. Thompson, April 23, 1863, “that white people are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race”. To promote, endorse or think that someone is better than someone else, based on race or skin color, is to supplant oneself in the place of God and white supremacy, comes out of a theory that was developed to justify injustice, to justify slavery and genocide of my people. Kidnapping, slavery and genocide came first and then the systems of white supremacy, was based on bad biology that white people are biologically superior, and the dark skin or colored race is inferior, is a sick, twisted and wicked sociology. Monday, June 3, 2019 Respectfully Submitted, A 89 LINCOLN STREET #1772 HAMPTON, VA 23669