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House moves to ban Confederate flag in federal cemeteries
AP ^ | 7/8/15 | ANDREW TAYLOR

Posted on 07/08/2015 5:42:33 PM PDT by markomalley

The House has voted to ban the display of Confederate flags at historic federal cemeteries in the deep South.

The low-profile move came Tuesday evening after a brief debate on a measure funding the National Park Service, which maintains 14 national cemeteries, most of which contain graves of Civil War soldiers.

The proposal by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., added language to block the Park Service from allowing private groups to decorate the graves of Southern soldiers with Confederate flags in states that commemorate Confederate Memorial Day. The cemeteries affected are the Andersonville and Vicksburg cemeteries in Georgia and Mississippi.

“The American Civil War was fought, in Abraham Lincoln’s words, to ‘save the last best hope of Earth,'” Huffman said in a debate in which he was the only speaker. “We can honor that history without celebrating the Confederate flag and all of the dreadful things that it symbolizes.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: 114th; andersonville; buryinghistory; california; democrat; dixie; jaredhuffman; lasthopedied; pc; purge; vicksburg; voiceover
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To: xzins
And prior to the Civil War, I suppose the Stars and Stripes represented slavery, didn’t it?

No, it represented both sides.

21 posted on 07/08/2015 6:29:22 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

No it didn’t because there were not two sides. Slavery was legal in the USA. Some states did not permit buying and selling within their borders, but they weren’t permitted to take slaves away from those who had them. Slaves visiting those states were not free.


22 posted on 07/08/2015 6:31:20 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

I’m going on Facebook and flame our RINO rep as I’m sure he voted for it. I’ll be shocked if he didn’t.


23 posted on 07/08/2015 6:33:21 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: ZULU
Every damn Representative who is responsible for this disgusting act of gross cowardice should be run out of office in the next election.

The measure passed on a voice vote after only two minutes of debate.

24 posted on 07/08/2015 6:34:54 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: markomalley

How long before tshirts are illegal if they have the Confederate flag on it?

Absolutely disgraceful.


25 posted on 07/08/2015 6:35:43 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: markomalley

The Bill https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2822 has not passed the House yet.

But the amendment WAS adopted (by voice- no recorded vote) so it’ll probably become law.


26 posted on 07/08/2015 6:38:31 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: markomalley

JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!

OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE TOILET AND THIS IS WHAT YOU FU{ERS ARE WASTING YOUR TIME ON???!!!!!!!

EARN YOUR F-ING PAY AND DO THE JOB YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO.


27 posted on 07/08/2015 6:41:59 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Fiji Hill

Gutless bastards. I hate them all.


28 posted on 07/08/2015 6:43:37 PM PDT by ZULU
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To: xzins

A disgrace.

In other news, Michelle O’Bummer said she was really proud of her country.


29 posted on 07/08/2015 6:46:56 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: heye2monn

I heard some idiots talking about changing the name of Ft Bragg because Braxton Bragg was a Confederate general.

Excising history. Are they really that stupid?


30 posted on 07/08/2015 6:48:25 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)
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To: xzins

Republicans = RINO = stupid party


31 posted on 07/08/2015 6:49:33 PM PDT by heye2monn
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To: xzins
...there were not two sides....Some states did not permit buying and selling within their borders

Well?

they weren’t permitted to take slaves away from those who had them.

And who had the power to grant or deny that permission?

32 posted on 07/08/2015 6:53:30 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I wanna where my Rep was on this as well.


33 posted on 07/08/2015 6:53:57 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (MARANATHA)
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Which flag were we under is the discussion at the moment.

However, the court ruled something almost identical to that in Dred Scott, but it had been the practice prior under other rulings/understandings.

So, it was primarily driven by the federal government.


34 posted on 07/08/2015 6:55:46 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)
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To: ZULU

I honestly pray for the opportunity to stick a pitch fork into the hearts of these gutless cowards who are destroying this country. I honestly hate what this country has become.


35 posted on 07/08/2015 6:57:04 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: cripplecreek

Thank you for that URL.


36 posted on 07/08/2015 6:58:57 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Malcom X is Obama's baby daddy.)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

My rep just skipped the vote so I went on his Facebook page and helped flame his sorry RINO azz.


37 posted on 07/08/2015 7:00:52 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: xzins
Which flag were we under is the discussion at the moment

The flag does not represent the federal government.

38 posted on 07/08/2015 7:03:01 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

Nor did the confederate flag represent the confederacy. So, they won’t be moved by that argument.


39 posted on 07/08/2015 7:04:06 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray for their victory or quit saying you support our troops)
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To: matthew fuller

I’m a full on lifelong Yankee but Confederate war dead are legally identical to WWII American war dead, Vietnam American war dead, and Iraq and Afghanistan war dead.

This isn’t like an attack on American war dead, this IS an attack on American war dead.


40 posted on 07/08/2015 7:05:38 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Sad fact, most people just want a candidate to tell them what they want to hear)
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