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Gautier council votes to keep flying Mississippi flag but support removing Confederate symbol
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: 9/2/15 10:40 am EDT
Updated: 9/2/15 10:43 am EDT
GAUTIER, Mississippi — The Gautier City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to keep the flying the Mississippi flag, but also to support a call by the state House speaker to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the banner.
"That is our state flag out there," Councilwoman Mary Martin said. "We voted for the Legislature to consider changing the state flag, and I agree with that. But until it is changed, our state flag should fly."
Several cities and a few counties have furled the Mississippi flag during the past two months ...
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/13f62e88babb4c499ae4831e868f326a/MS--Mississippi-Flag-Gautier
