Roy Moore doesn't understand the law or respect the flag (Whitmire/al.com)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail]
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on October 19, 2017 at 10:44 AM, updated October 19, 2017 at 11:01 AM
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But I do all these things because I want to, because that's what I believe. Not because my employer might fire me if I don't. Not because anybody might think less of me if I didn't or because the law says I must. Not because I'm afraid the teacher might paddle me if I don't.

It's my choice and it's my freedom. That's what liberty is.

Now comes Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice, twice removed from office because he refused to follow the law. Like the president and the vice president, he too must grandstand over standing for the flag.

"It's against the law, you know that?" Moore told Time magazine, opining on the professional football players who have taken a knee during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. "It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That's the law."
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more: http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2017/10/roy_moore_doesnt_understand_th.html

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Wait, I dont have time to read that article, did Roy Moore say it is the LAW

that you have to stand and put your hand over your heart?

Did he use those words?

"It's against the law, you know that?" Moore told Time magazine, opining on the professional football players who have taken a knee during the National Anthem to protest police brutality. "It was a act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That's the law."

If he said this, and he is elected to our Senate, then I give up. I will just sit on the sidelines and watch this place burn to the fucking ground. Because I dont see ANY other outcome.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. That's what he said. Of course it's wrong.

The law says you should stand for the flag, not shall. Big difference.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Yeah I read the link, first of all that such a code exists that says "should" or anything

is INSANE.

Fuck...

I am going for a drive, this madness cant be stopped,, I dont know why I bother AT ALL

Especially since we are not allowed to talk HERE about HOW we got here

[dalton99a]

4. Well, Alabama ousted him only twice from its Supreme Court for disobeying the law