Government School Bans American Flag
This is really not surprising, but still discouraging about government school systems. It does serve yet another argument to disband government education and give parents choice.
High School Bans American Flag
N.C. – On the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, students at one high school were not allowed to wear clothes with an American flag.
Under a new school rule, students at Hobbton High School are not allowed to wear items with flags, from any country, including the United States.
The new rule stems from a controversy over students wearing shirts bearing flags of other countries.
Gayle Langston said her daughter, Jessica, was told to remove her Stars and Stripes t-shirt.
“Today she wanted to wear her shirt, and I had to tell her no,” said Langston. “She didn’t like it at all because I knew it would get her in trouble. Of all days, 9/11, she could not wear her American Flag shirt.”
The superintendent of schools in Sampson County calls the situation unfortunate, but says educators didn’t want to be forced to pick and choose which flags should be permissible.
“pick and choose which flags should be permissible” - you have to be kidding. Are these morons not familiar which country they live in. It should not be a question what so ever. “Stupid is and stupid does” though.
UDPATE: School Rescinds Ban On Flag Clothing
A North Carolina High School that came under national attention over their rule that prohibited students from wearing items with the American flag, or any flag from other countries, has lifted the ban.
It is really a shame that a ban on the American flag was in place in the first place. But hey, that’s what you get when you let the government run things. Idiots…