City Council: American Flag is Clutter
City Council: American Flag is Clutter
By Bobby Eberle July 3, 2012 *(Video on site refuses copy paste.)
A Texas city council has voted to ban American flags from a local cemetary. Why? Because these people want to keep the cemetary free of "clutter." That's right... according to these "leaders," the American flag is "clutter" and cannot be placed beside a tombstone. It appears common sense and respect for veterans have gone out the window.
As reported by KHOU.com in Houston, the city council in Mineral Wells, Texas voted to ban the display of flags and other items such as teddy bears from grave sites. Flags are now only allowed during the two weeks around Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
In addition, flowers can't even be left at the tombstones of loved ones unless they are in a vase. What kind of ordinance is this?
Mon Jul 02 09:28:20 PDT 2012
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As KHOU.com notes, it's "not clear why the city council passed the ordinance," and they "will reconsider the ban." Do you think enough people hit them on the head with the common sense hammer?
In today's society, we have to deal with so many efforts to drive out patriotism. If someone wants to display an American flag next to the grave of a loved one, that person should be allowed to do so. Let's hope this city council gets the message.
What do you think? Please leave your comments below, and then...
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Comment by Paul Pettie on July 4, 2012 at 8:49am -
Simple: Throw them out of office!
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Comment by Steven G. Elliott on July 4, 2012 at 8:50am -
Liberals are clutter.
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Comment by Debrajoe Beatty on July 4, 2012 at 8:56am
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I am deeply saddened to hear this.
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Comment by Bruce K. Brown on July 4, 2012 at 8:59am -
The people in that town should go place a flag on EVERY grave (or at least every veteran's grave) !
Then -- vote every member of the council that voted for that ban OUT !
You are RIGHT -- Steven, Liberals are clutter ! :>O
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Comment by Johnny Smith on July 4, 2012 at 9:05am -
Sad and maddening all at once. That city, like many others, needs to seriously look at their cty council and recruit better people to fill it.
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Comment by robert cosenza on July 4, 2012 at 9:09am
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i email and called the mineral wells city council,and told them we the people find the city council clutter,and we the people will be voting them out of office,because we feel you council members our clutter.god bless ron paul,sheriff joe and cold case posse,chuck norris brian terry and family,and all american veterans/citizens.one nation under god
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Comment by Lawrence J. Zucal on July 4, 2012 at 9:42am
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I am also contacting the Mayor and Council with an email that, hopefully, will get them to change their act. The have forgotten the price paid for them to even have the authority to pass such a piece of crap, but also to have the freedom to do so in a state that has a long history of fighting FOR this freedom and for the freedom to do so because they thought it was "clutter" to place an American Flag next to a grave of an individual who served our country and preserved that freedom. Whether that individual died in battle or peacefully ay home matters not - it is the fact that that person served our country and made the freedom a right of ALL the citizens of the United States. I just cannot understand why and how these people came to that conclusion, but they are a sad lot when they passed the law in the first place. I would hope that the townspeople would remember this act and vote accordingly come time for reelection.
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Comment by Fred Fleming on July 4, 2012 at 9:52am -
Here is the email addresses for all City Council members and the mayor. Load their in-boxes with complaints.
http://tx-mineralwells.civicplus.com/Directory.aspx?did=20
Mike Allen mayor@mineralwellstx.gov
Rick Bennett councilplace1@mineralwellstx.gov
Margaret Colton councilplace2@mineralwellstx.gov
Thomas Lively councilward1@mineralwellstx.gov He won't even put his photo on the web site
Tammy Underwood councilward2@mineralwellstx.gov
John Upham councilward3@mineralwellstx.gov
Kevin Harrison councilward4@mineralwellstx.gov
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Comment by Donald Lubinski on July 4, 2012 at 9:53am -
This is what happens when we fall asleep at the wheel!
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Comment by Harry Riley on July 4, 2012 at 9:53am -
Nothing short of despicable........it simply defies common sense, decency, liberty and freedom...who are these people that can tell others how to honor their loved ones? We are so close, so close to a violent revolution in America that makes me shudder.......
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