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Justices reject appeal by US flag-wearing students (Morgan Hill CA)
Associated Press ^ | Mar 30, 2015 9:44 AM EDT

Posted on 03/30/2015 7:53:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The Supreme Court has denied an appeal from former California high school students who were ordered to turn their American flag T-shirts inside out during a celebration of the Cinco de Mayo holiday at school.

The justices did not comment Monday in leaving in place an appellate ruling that found that school officials acted appropriately because their concerns about racial violence outweighed students’ freedom of expression rights. Administrators feared the American-flag shirts would enflame (sic) the passions of Latino students celebrating the Mexican holiday. …

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Mexico; US: California
KEYWORDS: americanflag; cincodemayo; flag; flags; gruberment; invasion; lofan; mexico; morganhill; ussc
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To: Olog-hai
How come aggressive celebrating of another country's ceremonial days (let's not call it a holy day) is not seen to be offensive to Americans?

Americans have to bow down to all other cultures in their own homeland, and cannot express their own love of country?

-PJ

41 posted on 03/30/2015 3:48:26 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Timber Rattler

Yes.

The default position now is absence then.


42 posted on 03/30/2015 3:49:39 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: DesertRhino

Race and violence trumps freedom. So says SCOTUS.


43 posted on 03/30/2015 3:50:38 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: Timber Rattler

Under certain circumstances only.


44 posted on 03/31/2015 3:46:22 AM PDT by rickyrikardo
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