McKinney North High School on Fox News: Their Texas Flag is Flying Too Low.

[fishtank]

On Fox News now. The Texas Flag in front of the high school is flying below the US flag on a single flag pole. Can't they afford a second pole so the Texas flag can fly next to the US flag - where it is supposed to be?

[Red Badger]

They are saving their dolleros for a new flag pole for the Mexican flag.......

[al baby]

So thats the best story Fox could come up with

[theDentist]

As I understand it, the US Flag flies higher than a State flag (yes, even Texas).

[Russ]

I realize it's Texas but a state flag always flies under the American flag .

[pissant]

Flying two flags on a pole is acceptable protocol, I believe.

[secret garden]

With all of the problems that school is having, flag height is the least of their worries.

[KarlInOhio]

State flags usually fly below the US flag, even Texas*.

It may be unusually low because the US flag is flying at half staff, so the Texas flag will be at about 40% staff.

*Yes, I am messing with Texas.

[USMCWife6869]

The Arizona flag is below the American flag on a single pole at the high school I work at, and no one has complained. And this is the school all the base kids attend, so I am sure if it were wrong, one of the Marine parents would have called them on it.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The US flag flying at half staff makes the state flag appear to be flying low. In other news, dogs still chase cats and the sun is expected to set this evening.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Two flags on the same pole is wrong, wrong, wrong. When in doubt, check the Boy Scout Handbook.

[gdani]

Must be a slooooooow news day.

[trumandogz]

"So thats the best story Fox could come up with"


Greta will be there live tonight and for the next month to keep us informed on the height of the Texas flag.

[txradioguy]

Granted it's been almost 25 years since my Texas history class...but if memory serves...the Texas flag is the only one allowed to fly at the same level as the U.S. flag because we are the only state that was every it's own country prior to joining the Union.

[aft_lizard]

Slow news day? Know flag protocal?

I understand that the Texas flag can fly equal to the US flag(only state flag given this right), but if its on the same pole it must always be below the US flag.

[Eepsy]

Is this a fox news report, or just somebody watching fox news with nothing better to post?

[michigander]

§ 3100.055. DISPLAY ON FLAGPOLE OR FLAGSTAFF WITH FLAG OF UNITED STATES.

(a) If it is necessary for the state flag and the flag of the United States to be displayed on the same flagpole or flagstaff, the United States flag should be above the state flag.

(b) If the state flag and the flag of the United States are displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs at the same location:

(1) the flags should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height;
(2) the flags should be of approximately equal size;
(3) the flag of the United States should be, from the perspective of an observer, to the left of the state flag;
(4) the flag of the United States should be hoisted before the state flag is hoisted; and
(5) the state flag should be lowered before the flag of the United States is lowered.

[sure_fine]

"So thats the best story Fox could come up with"




yea, what about Mr & Mrs Happy?

[Retired Chemist]

My neigbor flies the Florida State flag below the American flag on his flag pole.

[bluefish]

LOL. You need a life. Complaining about stuff that is only perceived, but not actually, wrong.