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"Harry Dope" wrote in
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> SAMPSON COUNTY, . - On the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks,
> students at one high school were not allowed to wear clothes with an
> American Flag.
>
>
> Under a new school rule, students at Hobbton High School are not allowed
> to wear items with flags, from any country, including the United States.
>
> The new rule stems from a controversy over students wearing shirts
> bearing flags of other countries.
>
> Gayle Langston said her daughter, Jessica, was told to remove her stars
> and stripes t-shirt.
>
> "Today she wanted to wear her shirt, and I had to tell her no," said
> Langston. "She didn't like it at all because I knew it would get her in
> trouble. Of all days, 9/11, she could not wear her American Flag shirt."
>
> The superintendent of schools in Sampson County calls the situation
> unfortunate, but says educators didn't want to be forced to pick and
> choose which flags should be permissible.


Red-State Republicans at work.