Author Topic: Students told to stop flying U.S. flags over safety fears. The directive was not well received.  (Read 250 times)

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Offline Free Vulcan

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On Veterans Day, a handful of Nebraska welding students from the Career Academy of Lincoln Public Schools decided to fly American flags on their vehicles using flag holders they created in class.

But after one of the flags was removed from its pole and placed in an adjacent truck bed, school officials apparently got cold feet.

Fearing disruptions or worse — particularly on the heels of an ultra contentious presidential election that resulted in widespread protests — officials told all students to not fly flags again in the school parking lot.

As you might imagine, the sudden flag ban didn’t sit well with many students and other community members who said their constitutional rights were being taken away...

Read more at: http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/18/students-told-to-stop-flying-u-s-flags-over-safety-fears-the-directive-was-not-well-received/
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You can imagine what my reaction might be...here's the t-shirt I'm wearing today at work (Fridays are casual):

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.

1 John 3:18: Let us love not in word or speech, but in truth and action.