In the wake of the Charleston, South Carolina church shooting that killed nine people, there have been renewed calls to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of some Southern statehouses, including the one in South Carolina, which ? due to some
complicated legal language*? is still flying high even as the American flag and the state flag are at half-mast. A protest against the Confederate flag
is scheduled tonight in Charleston.
Some Republicans, including former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, have
called for it to be taken down, and Republican South Carolina State Rep. Norman ?Doug? Brannon
says he'll prefile a bill calling for its removal in December before the state legislature goes back into session.? [
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