WestVirginiaRebel Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Fox News: COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Senate voted Monday to pull the Confederate flag off the Capitol grounds, clearing the way for a historic measure that could remove the banner more than five decades after it was first flown above the Statehouse to protest integration. A second vote will be needed Tuesday to send the proposal to the House, where it faces a less certain future. But Monday's 37-3 vote was well over the two-thirds majority needed to advance the bill. If the House passes the same measure, the flag and flagpole could be removed as soon as Gov. Nikki Haley signs the papers. The flag would be lowered for the last time and shipped off to the state's Confederate Relic Room, near where the last Confederate flag to fly over the Statehouse dome is stored. The vote came at the end of a day of debate in which several white senators said they had come to understand why their black colleagues felt the flag no longer represented the valor of Southern soldiers but the racism that led the South to separate from the United States more than 150 years ago. ________ Well, I guess this means racism has finally ended... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SrWoodchuck Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 New US Flag....awaiting Executive Order to be implemented: ThePeoplesCube via iOTWReports 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 July 11, 2015 Confederate Flag Grabber Exploits Murder Victims for SpotlightBy M Catharine Evans Why would Brittany "Bree" Newsome, daughter of the Reverend Dr. Clarence G. Newsome, break the law and tear down a confederate flag from its flagpole if she didn't intend to cause a scene? On Friday, South Carolina State Troopers cranked the confederate flag down the same 30-foot pole Newsome scaled on June 27, folded it, rolled it up and marched away. Newsome said she decided not to attend the “historic” flag removal ceremony on the grounds of the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. because “my presence would only be a distraction." Newsome’s decision must have been difficult, considering the woman’s lifelong record of craving for attention.Bree’s activism has been all about drawing attention to herself in the guise of a cause that she describes as combating "white supremacist ideology and end the legacy of hate." http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/07/confederate_flag_grabber_exploits_murder_victims_for_spotlight.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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