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Education panel advances bill limiting political, ideological and religious flags in classrooms
Summary
Representative Ted Hill, R.-District 14, introduced RS31963 on Jan. 23 to restrict classroom displays of political, ideological and religious flags and to clarify exceptions for certain official flags.
Representative Ted Hill, R.-District 14, introduced RS31963 on Jan. 23 to restrict classroom displays of political, ideological and religious flags and to clarify exceptions for certain official flags. "We will have the safe flag and the American flag is the primary and all other political, ideological and religious flags will not be allowed," Hill said.
The bill, as presented, preserves display of U.S. and state flags and allows other nation-state flags in instructional contexts except when the United States is in open hostilities with that nation. Hill described "conflict" as "hostilities" and said the determination is intended to refer to kinetic war: "That's when bullets are flying and people are dying…
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