Connie Ansley
Posted on 05/03/2007 10:18:34 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
A local woman thought getting a cake decorated would be simple. However, she ran into some problems she didn't expect, when she approached different bakeries.
Connie Ansley is part of the Daughters of the Confederacy. She wanted a cake with the Confederate emblem on it, for the opening of a new memorial museum.
Ansley says several big chain stores refused to decorate a cake with a confederate flag on it. They told her it was because of the emblem, which some consider a symbol of racism and slavery.
"It's a constant battle we fight every day to keep our heritage," Ansley said when we spoke with her Tuesday evening. "They can have their heritage. I just want mine. And I want the truth to be told," she explained.
Ansley says Publix finally agreed to decorate the cake, but the management there said they would never do it again.
NewsChannel 19 talked with a media representative of Publix stores. She said they have no policy against re-creating the Confederate flag, and that no employee should refuse to do it.
Connie Ansley
Dixie Cake Ping
I guess you can’t have your cake and wave it, too......
Strange what some people consider offensive. I’ve heard about cakes and cookies in the shape of bodily parts normally covered by clothing. And that’s ok, but a confederate flag emblem isn’t ok?????
Yeah i had the same problem getting my swastika cake decorated too. What has this country come to??!!
Well Connie, remembering that segregation was ended by a black boycott of white businesses, I think you know now where to spend your money...
Try this: Approach the bakery department with a FULL shopping cart. When they refuse your request, grab your purse, leave the cart where it is and walk quickly to the nearest exit.
What’s the big deal?
Order the cake plain and decorate it yourself.
After all even if a store would put a flag on it, you can’t be sure they wouldn’t have spit in it, too.
I suppose if I had a need for a Star-of-David shaped cake, someone might find that offensive..........like a muslim cake decorator........
It just never stops! I guess these ignorant people never heard of the First National or the Bonnie Blue or any of the others.
Uh...Actually that is not a Confederate flag. It is a Battle flag. Don't worry though, that is one of the mistakes that is most made about the Confederate era.
I was thinking the same, about the spitting part, lol! And it happens more often than people think.
If they did spit in her cake, would that be a hate crime?
Oh good grief.
I applaud both the pharmacist and the baker.
They don't even need to check your ration card.
I could see this somewhere up North, but to see this in Hunstville, AL is a sad state of affairs. Heck, you can see quite a few Reb Flags up here in Ohio, more as a sign of rebellion I think- definitely a trait all Americans can relate to.
Had she gone to any supermarket near Oxford, MS I doubt she would have run into any trouble at all.
This has nothing to do with a Swastika. Are you gunning for FR lib of the day?
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