Oregon lawmakers say the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi state flag must go and are pushing to have the flag removed from a park near the state Capitol in Salem.
The flag’s “symbol of racist intolerance” is in “direct conflict with Oregon values of fairness and equality,” Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland, told The Oregonian.
The Magnolia State flag is part of a decade-old Walk of Flags on the west side of the Oregon Capitol.
Oregon officials could vote immediately on the removal of the flag but say they will wait to see if Mississippi’s Legislature moves to adopt a new flag that “honors the dignity of all people.”
The Oregon leaders are encouraging their Mississippi counterparts to take action during the next legislative session.
“The flag has to come down, one way or the other,” Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, told The Oregonian. “But it’s important to try to help another state deal with the issue in a constructive way.”
Oregon is not alone in its call for changes to the flag. Hundreds, including South Carolina Rep. Jenny Horne, R-Summerville, and civil rights leader Myrlie Evers-Williams, rallied in Jackson Sunday outside the Mississippi Capitol urging the state to drop the Confederate battle emblem on the flag.
http://www.gulflive.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/oregon_to_mississippi_change_t.html
Jeez.. how many of these liberal Californian commies are in Oregon?
What do you expect when the Oregon state District attorney’s last name is rosenblaum, blum, berg, whatever.
If I was from Mississippi I would tell them to shove that flag pole up their ass.
Just make sure you take the flag down before they do it.
So it doesn’t get any gay lgbt communist zionist shit on it!
dear tina kotex……….. your opinions are unwelcomed…….. mark abbott
the heart of dixie……………
I have a high intolerance and am very discriminatory towards communism and communists, as well as their known traits! Discrimination and intolerance are necessary, and certainly necessary in straightening out our country! These freaks would have us believe it’s bad, then turn it back towards us, but I’m saying they can go to H. E. Double Hockey Sticks! Happy to assist…….MIDDLE FINGER!!
““The flag has to come down, one way or the other,” Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, told The Oregonian. “But it’s important to try to help another state deal with the issue in a constructive way.””
And YOU have to be executed for high treason, “one way or the other”, you piece of shit! 😡