Faith Hill Asks Mississippi Legislature to Change State Flag

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Confederate Symbol Doesn’t Represent ‘Mississippi of Today’

Country star Faith Hill asked the Mississippi legislature to change the state flag Thursday, saying it no longer represents the “Mississippi of today.”

“To the Mississippi legislature: It’s time to change the state flag. I am a proud MS girl and I love my home state. When I think of Mississippi, I think of my mom and dad, the church I grew up in, high school football, and where I fell in love with music,” tweeted the singer.

She went on, “Now, it is time for the world to meet the Mississippi of today and not the Mississippi of 1894 (when the MS legislature voted on the current flag).”

The canton — or upper left section — of Mississippi’s flag contains a Confederate emblem, and of it, Hill said, “I understand many view the current flag as a symbol of heritage and Southern pride, but we have to realize that this flag is a direct symbol of terror for our black brothers and sisters.”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/faith-hill-asks-mississippi-legislature-142756898.html

[dalton99a]

1. Do it. Get rid of that garbage.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Good for her! (And Laurin Stennis) It looks like we're heading past the tipping point where...

the old school segregationists are dying off.

[FM123]

3. It's good that country entertainers from the south speak out like that, helps open eyes and hearts.

"we have to realize that this flag is a direct symbol of terror for our black brothers and sisters.”