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...native South Carolinian, I take exception to Christina S.N. Lewis' claim that South Carolina "remain[s] a symbol of intolerance and bigotry" (Column, April 19). Lewis is correct in calling for the removal of the confederate flag from the statehouse dome. Yet Lewis mistakenly accords the meaning of that flag to all of South Carolina...
Recent events have clearly demonstrated that the Palmetto State is not defined or represented by the confederate flag. On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this year, over 45,000 black and white South Carolinians rallied in Columbia to celebrate his legacy and call for removal of the flag. Two weeks ago, hundreds of South Carolinians, white and black, walked across the state carrying only the flags of America and South Carolina. In the spirit of 1960s civil rights marches, this walk gave a more accurate picture of contemporary South Carolina--diverse, inclusive and progressive. A remarkably broad group of churches...
...also the same guy who first suggested during the South Carolina primary that the state should be allowed to fly the Confederate flag on their capital. But as recently as last month, he decided that South Carolina should take down their Confederate flag--on the heels of the South Carolina primary where he said exactly the opposite. Then on April 19 in Columbia, South Carolina, McCain said that he "feared that if I answered honestly, I could not win in the South Carolina primary. So, I chose to compromise my principles. I broke my promise to always tell the truth...
...Reno and "American public opinion." He added, "The child may have cried for five minutes, but at least he's now spared from crying the rest of his life." Cuban TV lost no chance to broadcast images of "the hysterical behavior of Marisleysis... and the desecration of the American flag by the Miami Mafia." Echoing Little Havana's piety, Cuban citizens like Virginia Sotolongo, 42, said, "The Virgin of Charity has done this miracle. I always believed that the child would be with his father...
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