Thread: Houston student suspended for taking down Mexican flag

Report: Houston student suspended for taking down Mexican
posted at 11:36 am on May 7, 2010 by Ed Morrissey


I have received a ton of e-mail asking me to follow up yesterday’s article about the suspension of students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, California with another story of a student suspension in Houston, Texas. In the first instance, students were suspended for refusing to remove clothing with American-flag themes on Cinco de Mayo, an obvious violation of their civil rights and a ridiculous request regardless. In the Houston story, as reported by KTRH’s Michael Berry and linked at one point by Drudge, the circumstances are quite different — and somewhat misleading:

Yesterday, a listener’s son was offended that his school, Klein Collins High School, displayed the Mexican flag prominently. His mother called to complain, and the school wouldn’t return her call. The student took the sign down.

The school pitched a fit, reviewed the surveillance tapes, found the student, and suspended him for 3 days. AND he has to pay for the flag. In light of the SF story of students sent home for wearing the AMERICAN flag because it offended the Hispanic students, I thought you’d like to know about a story closer to home.

The problem with this report is that Berry used a picture with it that shows a Mexican flag flying above an upside-down American flag, but there’s no indication that’s what happened at this school. That picture comes from an incident several years ago (exactly as shown on the Boss Emeritus’ site in March 2006) and not from Klein Collins. Berry’s report only says that the school “displayed the Mexican flag prominently,â€

Hurray to the boy who took the Mexican

Flag down.We are NOT Mexico nor do we

celebrate Mexican Independence Day. :P

This is what our forefathers’ sacrificed and died for?? This is what our brave men and women are fighting and dying for all around the world as we speak!

Screw mexico and every illegal invader in this country!!!

There’s nothing so wrong with displaying a Mexican flag on a school campus (as long as it doesn’t replace the American flag) that it requires student intervention.

Says who...you? I disagree completely. There’s everything wrong with displaying the flag of mexico anywhere in this country, so long as they continue to invade the sovereignty of this country, unabated !

RELATED.

Mexican flag display causes flap at Klein Collins High
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1056434.html


mexican flag flown at school
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-198145.html

Laura Ingraham Interviews the Mother of Suspended Student who took down mexican flag
http://www.breitbart.tv/mom-speaks-tx-s ... ican-flag/

Student suspended three days.
Student and Family told by School, that they own the flag but that the family has to pay for the flag to an unknown entity.

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Student suspended three days.
Student and Family told by School, that they own the flag but that the family has to pay for the flag to an unknown entity.

Yeah...probably the consulate of mexico....

Federal funding should be revoked from any school that flies any flag for any reason except the American Flag. Period. Furthermore, there should be no Cinco de Mayo celebration in the United States at any public school, public building or by any publicly funded or tax-exempt entity. Period.

This is not Mexico Legal Mexican Americans should put up our American flag and the illegal invaders need to go back to Mexico to put up their flag.

Originally Posted by Judy

Federal funding should be revoked from any school that flies any flag for any reason except the American Flag. Period. Furthermore, there should be no Cinco de Mayo celebration in the United States at any public school, public building or by any publicly funded or tax-exempt entity. Period.

Judy, I couldn't agree with you more. Unfortunately since so many Americans can't seem to wake up, at this time we're pretty much whistling in the wind.