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A Texas town says down with LGBT flag, up with the Confederacy
The Confederate flag once again is flying outside the Mills County Courthouse in Goldthwaite — and it will stay.
That wasn’t so certain until this week, though.
A flag fracas erupted in this Central Texas community last month after County Judge Ed Smith removed the Confederate first national flag that had been flying on the courthouse lawn for around six years and replaced it with the “Come and Take It” flag on March 2.
“It was to celebrate Texas Independence Day,” Smith said.
But some apparently didn’t like that.
Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article229317974.html
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