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Old 02-06-2017, 04:21 PM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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Protest In Rienzi Surrounding Christian Flag
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Old 02-06-2017, 07:55 PM
 
Location: Deep 13
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And?
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Old 02-07-2017, 06:59 AM
 
Location: Brentwood, Tennessee
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If it were private property, the flag would be no problem.

The number of grammatical errors in that news report is disturbing, though.
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Old 02-07-2017, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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And?
An organization forces a small town without deep pockets to capitulate by threatening a lawsuit over a harmless symbol that resonates with at least 99 percent of the local population. It is called punching down.
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Old 02-07-2017, 08:11 PM
 
Location: Johns Island
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An organization forces a small town without deep pockets to capitulate by threatening a lawsuit over a harmless symbol that resonates with at least 99 percent of the local population. It is called punching down.
Government should not be endorsing and religion. Period.

Is that so hard for Mississippians to understand?
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Old 02-08-2017, 08:23 AM
 
Location: Ayy Tee Ell by way of MS, TN, AL and FL
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Government should not be endorsing and religion. Period.

Is that so hard for Mississippians to understand?
Kind of hard when your whole democracy was founded based on a Christian worldview.

Is that so hard for anti-Christians to understand?

I'm not spouting a Christian agenda here. I'm simply giving you facts. In 1776, the founding fathers never in a million years anticipated any other religion influencing our government except Christianity. Our entire democracy is based upon it. And mark my words, your religion/worldview WILL be at the center of your government. It has to be. Democracy was not just floated out of thin air. If you remove the Christianity, then atheism and agnosticism will take its place, or even islam, depending on the majority of the population.
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Old 02-08-2017, 08:29 AM
 
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Communism thrived by crushing religion .
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Old 02-08-2017, 08:57 AM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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I didn't even know there was a Christian flag. I had to look it up.

Sounds fair to me; take it down if the glare from the white on the flag kept people in Madison, WI awake.
Maybe they should replace it with the Rebel flag. That shouldn't bother them near as much.
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Old 02-08-2017, 11:29 AM
 
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Strike? Did somebody drop an explosive? Small towns have to follow the law just like everybody. It's a shame so many people feel otherwise.
FWIW, democracy has its origins in Classical Greece, not Christianity. In any case, the US isn't Saudi Arabia. Individuals are free to support any religion they want, but the founders explicitly based our form of government on "We the People" not religion.
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Old 02-08-2017, 02:05 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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Strike? Did somebody drop an explosive? Small towns have to follow the law just like everybody. It's a shame so many people feel otherwise.
FWIW, democracy has its origins in Classical Greece, not Christianity. In any case, the US isn't Saudi Arabia. Individuals are free to support any religion they want, but the founders explicitly based our form of government on "We the People" not religion.
Did they break a law?
What law is that?

Can you find a statute?
If they did, let's call 911 and have them all arrested.
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