Martin, I will openly admit that although most of us knew this was inevitable, I am ashamed of my home State the Heart of Dixie which has now become the heart of cowards and PC wimps like those who voted for this ridiculous apology.

Here's some of the story in the press:

Slavery was evil and is a part of American history,» the Republican governor said. «I believe all Alabamians are proud of the tremendous progress we have
made and continue to make.

Alabama is the fourth U.S. state to pass a resolution either apologizing or expressing regret for slavery, following votes by the legislatures in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Alabama's Democratic-controlled Legislature approved the resolution last week.

The signing occurred in the state Capitol, which also served as the first capitol of the breakaway Confederate states in 1861. Slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865 after the defeat of the pro-slavery Southern states in the American Civil War.