Students sent home for wearing American Flag Shirts

[wa3zrm]

[texasmade]

someone that is half mexican is racist against hispanics because he wears american flag clothing to school...that's like saying...some really dumb shit

[bipolarbear1968]

Lös = Bareback Drunken Monkey Sex
Portions = Sex w/ a Condom (or Angry Masturbation w/ a Sock)...that's like saying...some really dumb shit

...You don't say (lol)

[deebocools]

pure insanity. I hated every moment I was in public school, and was forced to turn a "who's got BAWLS?" T-shirt(referring to the energy drink) inside out, but that could possibly, thinly be described as obsenity.

This is the equivalent of saying the american flag is obscene or sending a "violent message".

[sgreger1]

pure insanity. I hated every moment I was in public school, and was forced to turn a "who's got BAWLS?" T-shirt(referring to the energy drink) inside out, but that could possibly, thinly be described as obsenity.

This is the equivalent of saying the american flag is obscene or sending a "violent message".

Yah if someone told me my american flag was pissing of the minorities and that they might cause violence over it, I would ask "Who has the poblem here then"?

I'm tired of violent immegrants hating America. To start violence over someones american flag GAP t-shirt shows how racist you are.

[timholian]

You guys do realize that its just been in the last 30 years(The 1980's I think) that it has been "okay" to wear any clothing trying to emulate the American flag. Some Americans (older folks mostly) think that defiling the flag in anyway is insulting/offensive. If these boys were to wear things like this in front of my grandfather(WWII and Korea vet), they would have some explaining to do.
Yes, I am aware this isn't the point of the outrage in this case, but none the less interesting.
I really think people are putting too much into this story.

Immigrants have always been blamed for societies ills. Sometimes we need to skip the scape goat , stop bitching, and fix the problems that we are trapped under.

[sgreger1]

Immigrants have always been blamed for societies ills. Sometimes we need to skip the scape goat , stop bitching, and fix the problems that we are trapped under.

You mean problems like illegal immigration and a drug war being fought on our southern border?


However, you are completely correct, Section 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq) is the flag code and it specifically forbids these children from wearing it:

§176. Respect for flag

No disrespect should be shown to the flag of the United States of America; the flag should not be dipped to any person or thing. Regimental colors, State flags, and organization or institutional flags are to be dipped as a mark of honor.
(a) The flag should never be displayed with the union down, except as a signal of dire distress in instances of extreme danger to life or property.
(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.
(c) The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free.
(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying, or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
(k) The flag, when it is in such condition that it is no longer a fitting emblem for display, should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning.

This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it and it is not widely enforced — indeed, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

If we were to still follow this code however, literally hundreds of thousands of commercials, signs, and other advertising venues would be in violation. This is why the supreme court struck it down a long time ago, as a violation of free speech.


This is why nowadays, we sport the flag like this:




Edit, also Timolean, the timeline:

Prior to Flag Day, June 14, 1923, neither the federal government nor the states had official guidelines governing the display of the United States's flag.
On June 14, 1923, the National Flag Code was constructed by representatives of over 68 organizations, under the auspices of the National Americanism Commission of The American Legion. The code drafted by that conference was printed by the national organization of The American Legion and given nationwide distribution.
On June 22, 1942, the Code became Public Law 77-623; chapter 435.[9] Little had changed in the code since the Flag Day 1924 Conference. The most notable change was the removal of the Bellamy salute due to its similarities to the Hitler salute.[10]
The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 prohibits real estate management organizations from restricting homeowners from displaying the Flag of the United States on their own property.

[texasmade]

You mean problems like illegal immigration and a drug war being fought on our southern border?


However, you are completely correct, Section 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 1 et seq) is the flag code and it specifically forbids these children from wearing it:



This is a U.S. federal law, but there is no penalty for failure to comply with it and it is not widely enforced — indeed, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that punitive enforcement would conflict with the First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

If we were to still follow this code however, literally hundreds of thousands of commercials, signs, and other advertising venues would be in violation. This is why the supreme court struck it down a long time ago, as a violation of free speech.


This is why nowadays, we sport the flag like this:




Edit, also Timolean, the timeline:

Prior to Flag Day, June 14, 1923, neither the federal government nor the states had official guidelines governing the display of the United States's flag.
On June 14, 1923, the National Flag Code was constructed by representatives of over 68 organizations, under the auspices of the National Americanism Commission of The American Legion. The code drafted by that conference was printed by the national organization of The American Legion and given nationwide distribution.
On June 22, 1942, the Code became Public Law 77-623; chapter 435.[9] Little had changed in the code since the Flag Day 1924 Conference. The most notable change was the removal of the Bellamy salute due to its similarities to the Hitler salute.[10]
The Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 prohibits real estate management organizations from restricting homeowners from displaying the Flag of the United States on their own property.

you mean to tell me i can sue the people that make american flag napkins under the notion that it damaged me emotionally...