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I dropped her a little note:

I am shocked that you would forbid clothing bearing the American flag and symbols of our military institutions in a public school. If students cannot respectfully wear symbols of the very nation and the military that protects these freedoms, what freedom is left? Supporting our country and our military is a patriotic statement, not a political one.

My son died while performing his duty in Iraq. When he joined, he took an oath that read, in part, “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.” He wrote of these domestic enemies, “…many are trying to use their positions to reshape the world the way they think it should be, not taking into account any consequence of their actions.” It is not up to you to reshape the student’s world the way you see it.

At least you have given these students an opportunity to stand up and fight a domestic enemy. That is a very worthwhile lesson, indeed.

Semper Fidelis,

Richard Linn

Proud Father of
USMC Lance Cpl. Karl R. Linn
KIA 1/26/2005 Haqlaniyah, Iraq

Midlothian, Virginia
Sic Semper Tyrannis