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struggle4progress

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Fri Oct 16, 2015, 09:21 PM Oct 2015

Group Will Protest Confederate Flag Resolution (TN)

Posted: Friday, October 16, 2015 10:45 am
Brad Hicks

Chuckey resident Donnie Barnett said he was taken aback when he learned the Greene County Commission is set to consider flying the Confederate battle flag at the Greene County Courthouse.

"Like a lot of people, I just kind of wondered where this was coming from," he said. "I just don't think the flag has any business up there" ...

"I don't really consider myself an activist or anything like that, it's just something I believe and I'm upset about it, just like several other Greene County citizens," Barnett said ...

"We just don't think there's very good reason to hang it up at the courthouse," Barnett said. "We support everyone's right to wave their flag wherever they want on private property, but we think on government grounds, it's not a very good idea."


http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/group-will-protest-confederate-flag-resolution/article_9c53a8a4-ef97-534f-98af-d90ca3152400.html

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struggle4progress

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1. Ministers Sign Letter Opposing Confederate Flag At Courthouse
Sat Oct 17, 2015, 02:06 AM
Oct 2015

Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015 12:00 am

Ten ministers, acting as individuals, have gone on record in opposition to a proposed resolution by a Greene County commissioner asking that the Confederate flag be flown at the county courthouse along with the American flag ...

The brief letter .. was addressed to Greene County Mayor David Crum and members of the Greene County Commission ...

"We are asking," the writers state, "that you vote in a manner that honors all the citizens of Greene County. Together let us seek unity and understanding in a way that remembers our past and looks hopefully to the future" ...


http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/local_news/ministers-sign-letter-opposing-confederate-flag-at-courthouse/article_016e02c6-7087-5a6d-a24c-d9f0253bfe28.html

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