“Their association with racial oppression, human subjugation, and white supremacy does not belong in the sacred fabric of this Cathedral.”

In its first public discussion about the Lee-Jackson windows, the cathedral sought to go to the “uncomfortable places to which God is calling us.”

The memorial to Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson remains, for now.

That’s just the first step in a larger consideration of the stained glass memorial to Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, which was installed in 1953.