Experts: Schools often win dress code cases, but must reasonably forecast disruption Apr. 25, 2012 Gibson County High School senior Texanna Edwards is the latest in a long line of American students who have clashed with school officials over a controversial garment or symbol on a piece of clothing. According to some legal experts, the Confederate flag has been at the center of many cases involving purses, T-shirts, jewelry and at least [...]
Confederate flag prom dress keeps TN student from celebration Apr. 24, 2012 Gibson County High School senior Texanna Edwards was — like many of her classmates — looking forward to her prom last Saturday. But Edwards didn’t get to attend because of her attire — a knee-length red dress decorated with bright blue stripes and white stars inside the stripes. The school’s colors are red, white and blue, but the dress resembles [...]
Teen banned from prom over controversial dress Apr 24, 2012 By Janice Broach MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) – A Mid-South teen is banned from prom for wearing a dress that resembles a confederate battle flag. "It wasn't done to offend anybody," Texanna Edwards explained of her dress. "It was done just for the sole fact that I just wanted a rebel flag dress because I thought it was cool." But the principal [...]
Teenager banned from her high school prom for turning up in Confederate flag dress Texanna Edwards, 18, thought the gown which she designed was 'cool' By Daily Mail Reporter 25 April 2012 A high school senior was barred from her prom after she showed up to the dance wearing a dress emblazoned with the Confederate flag. Texanna Edwards, 18, wasn't allowed to go inside last Saturday with other students because of her [...]
Confederate controversy April 23, 2012 By JOSH NEWTON TAHLEQUAH — When 17-year-old Matthew Newcomb started flying the Confederate battle flag in the bed of his truck, he was admittedly doing what he thought was “cool,” going along with what a few of his friends were doing. But flying that flag – which Newcomb believes is wrongly perceived in the U.S. as a symbol of racism and hatred – has turned into something [...]
MB leaders deciding on confederate flag welcome sign Apr 24, 2012 By Evan Lambert MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - A welcome sign is supposed to give visitors a good first impression, but a proposed sign in Myrtle Beach is already stirring controversy because of the Confederate Flag one group wants to put on it. The group is called the Myrtle Beach Sons of Confederate Veterans. It asked city council for permission to [...]
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED ACROSS GEORGIA Sons of Confederate Veterans April 26, 2012 PRESS RELEASE CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED ACROSS GEORGIA (Atlanta - April 26, 2012) Today, April 26, is the date formally set aside for the observance of Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia. For nearly 150 years, the state of Georgia has officially observed Confederate Memorial Day in memory of the nearly 100,000 Georgians who served faithfully from 1861 [...]
New Law: Virginia will not cooperate with NDAA detention Friday, April 20, 2012 New Law: Virginia will not cooperate with NDAA detention RICHMOND, Va. – On Wednesday, the Virginia legislature overwhelmingly passed a law that forbids state agencies from cooperating with any federal attempt to exercise the indefinite detention without due process provisions written into sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act. HB1160 “Prevents any agency, political subdivision, employee, [...]
The CONFEDERATE STATE of KENTUCKY Friday, April 20, 2012 The CONFEDERATE STATE of KENTUCKY By Bob Hurst Just over ten years ago ( February of 2002, to be exact) the Florida Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) held a dedication ceremony and flag-raising at a site just off Interstate 75 near White Springs, Florida.The large flag being raised on the 100-foot flagpole and the monuments being unveiled represented the second [...]
Virginia State Flag Day Friday, April 20, 2012 Virginia State Flag Day In April, 2011, York County, Virginia issued the attached proclamation, naming April 30th "Virginia State Flag Day" on the Sesquicentennial anniversary of the flag's adoption, and as a perpetual event. A little history on how this came to be, from Billy Bearden... "On January 28th, 2011, media reports stated that South Carolina, through legislation, celebrated it's 1st annual "State Flag [...]