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struggle4progress

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Tue Mar 15, 2016, 10:58 AM Mar 2016

Bill aims to remove Confederate flag from license plates (TN)

WSMV and Staff , WBIR
10:35 PM. EST March 14, 2016

When choosing a license plate in Tennessee, drivers have a plethora of options all to showcase symbols important to them. The Confederate flag is one of them.

Sen. Sara Kyle (D - Memphis) believes it is a symbol that should not have government support. A bill she is sponsoring would stop the issuance and renewal of the Sons of Confederate Veterans specialized plates that don the flag ...

“I do not want be state to issue this symbol of racism and hate,” said Sen. Kyle. “Any time you have symbols that designate or hate or racism we are just empowering more people to use these type symbols.”

Governor Bill Haslam has said in the past he would support the removal of the Confederate flags from Tennessee license plates ...


http://www.wbir.com/news/local/bill-aims-to-remove-confederate-flag-from-license-plates/82863668

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