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Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:26 am
by Fangs
Kids sent home from school for wearing American flag on clothes on Cinco de Mayo.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/local-15749667/19585803
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 10:35 am
by USA1
Yeah, I heard about that...UNBELIEVABLE !
As a parent, I would be outraged if my son was sent home or told to change shirts.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:06 am
by Purplehood
I would show up at the school to pick up my kid with an identical shirt, even if I had to go shopping for it on the way.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:22 am
by Keith B
At least the school board disagreed with the Principal and overrode the his decision.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 11:50 am
by CodeJockey
I can't talk about this without breaking the forum rules on profanity, but let me just say that it is an outrage!!!!!
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:03 pm
by SQLGeek
I wonder if they also took the flag down that was probably flying in the front of the school.
Why is this kind of ridiculous behavior by school administrators tolerated?
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:29 pm
by tauruspt145
SQLGeek wrote:I wonder if they also took the flag down that was probably flying in the front of the school.Why is this kind of ridiculous behavior by school administrators tolerated?
They probably replaced the American Flag with a mexican flag out of "respect for the other students".
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 12:45 pm
by sjfcontrol
tauruspt145 wrote:SQLGeek wrote:I wonder if they also took the flag down that was probably flying in the front of the school.Why is this kind of ridiculous behavior by school administrators tolerated?
They probably replaced the American Flag with a mexican flag out of "respect for the other students".
The Mexican flag is probably the ONLY one they ever fly!
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:10 pm
by aaangel
again....it's california! enough said.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 1:38 pm
by DONT TREAD ON ME
I do not agree with wearing the clothing as it is against the flag code...but then again the flag code is simply that a code it is not law.
I agree with the above I cannot discuss my true feelings on this matter w/o breaking the forum rules.
Last I checked this was still America NOT Mexico. This completely disgusts me.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 3:40 pm
by Dragonfighter
XtremeDuty.45 wrote:I do not agree with wearing the clothing as it is against the flag code...but then again the flag code is simply that a code it is not law.
I agree with the above I cannot discuss my true feelings on this matter w/o breaking the forum rules.
Last I checked this was still America NOT Mexico. This completely disgusts me.
Only draping or wearing of the flag, not images or emblematic graphics of it, are disallowed.
USC Title 36, Chapter 10 Sec.176:
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 4:21 pm
by Quahog
USA1 wrote:Yeah, I heard about that...UNBELIEVABLE !
As a parent, I would be outraged if my son was sent home or told to change shirts.
...and you can bet I would wear my America Flag shirt when I visited the principal to let my outrage be known!!
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 6:00 pm
by Marty Graw
SQLGeek wrote:I wonder if they also took the flag down that was probably flying in the front of the school.
Why is this kind of ridiculous behavior by school administrators tolerated?
Because good people don't go to the school board meetings and inform the board that either the administrator gets fired from any job in the district, or the school board will see the consequences of their anti-American policies on election day.
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 6:11 pm
by Quahog
Not to change the subject but I am listening to Michael Berry and he had a local story from Klein ISD where some sophomore got suspended from school for taking down a Mexican flag that was flying higher that the American flag at his school. Has anyone heard this?
Re: Seriously?
Posted: Thu May 06, 2010 6:25 pm
by Medic218
Quahog wrote:Not to change the subject but I am listening to Michael Berry and he had a local story from Klein ISD where some sophomore got suspended from school for taking down a Mexican flag that was flying higher that the American flag at his school. Has anyone heard this?
good for this young patriot! stand stong!