When are we going to stop this?
While the American flag, and the South Carolina state flag, have been lowered to half staff on the South Carolina State House, the Confederate flag still flies high.
In solemn tribute to the nine people gunned down at a Charleston church, two flags atop the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, were lowered to half-staff on Thursday. They will stay there for nine days in honor of each victim. But in a bewildering display, a Confederate flag on statehouse grounds is still flying high. It wasn't an oversight. It's because of state law, according to reports. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has jurisdiction over how and when state flags fly - but the Confederate flag is under the authority of the state's General Assembly. It can't be changed in any way without a sign-off from the General Assembly, The Washington Post reported. A state press secretary confirmed that detail to the online magazine Slate. "In South Carolina, the governor does not have legal authority to alter the flag," the press secretary said. "Only the General Assembly can do that."
Take it down, Governor Haley. Engage in an act of civil disobedience and take it down. This has to stop.
I can not get this to embed, but it perfectly states my feelings. Jon Stewart, Not Being Funny, and hitting the nail on the head. As he says, "This is Black and White, this isn't nuanced."
Rename the roads and buildings, relegate the Confederate flag to museums, and move on. There are no "Confederate States," you are part of the United States. It's time we all started acting like it.
In solemn tribute to the nine people gunned down at a Charleston church, two flags atop the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina, were lowered to half-staff on Thursday. They will stay there for nine days in honor of each victim. But in a bewildering display, a Confederate flag on statehouse grounds is still flying high. It wasn't an oversight. It's because of state law, according to reports. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has jurisdiction over how and when state flags fly - but the Confederate flag is under the authority of the state's General Assembly. It can't be changed in any way without a sign-off from the General Assembly, The Washington Post reported. A state press secretary confirmed that detail to the online magazine Slate. "In South Carolina, the governor does not have legal authority to alter the flag," the press secretary said. "Only the General Assembly can do that."
Take it down, Governor Haley. Engage in an act of civil disobedience and take it down. This has to stop.
I can not get this to embed, but it perfectly states my feelings. Jon Stewart, Not Being Funny, and hitting the nail on the head. As he says, "This is Black and White, this isn't nuanced."
Rename the roads and buildings, relegate the Confederate flag to museums, and move on. There are no "Confederate States," you are part of the United States. It's time we all started acting like it.