Mississippi lawmakers take step toward changing state flag

Mississippi lawmakers could vote to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag.

DECISION IN 2020 AS TO WHAT TYPEOF FLAG WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TOREPRESENT THIS STATE."STATE LAWMAKERS SUSPENDED THERULESTO ALLOW A NEW BILL TO BEINTRODUCED THISLATE IN THE SESSION....A MEASURETO REMOVETHE CONTROVERSIAL MISSISSIPPISTATE FLAGTHAT HAS LONG BEEN CRITICIZED ASBEING THELAST ONE WITH A CONFEDERATEEMBLEM"WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER WE AREMAKING PROGRESS IN FACT IF YOUWOULD HAVE ASKED ME THISQUESTION IN JANUARY IT WOULDHAVE BEEN HARD TO GET TO THISPOINT."THE RECENT DEBATE ABOUT RACE INTHECOUNTRY PROVIDING THE FUEL FORCHANGING THE126 YEAR OLD FLAG.FLAG SUPPORTERS OBJECTED TO THEFACTTHAT LAWMAKERS WERE MAKING THISFINALDECISION AFTER VOTERS IN 2001WERE ASKED ANDOVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO KEEP IT."I THINK THE MOMENTUM ISSHOWN BY A VERY SOPHISTICATEDCAMPAIGN AND IT GIVES THEIMPRESSION OF MOMENTUMCERTAINLY BUT IF YOU TALK TOTHESE PEOPLE BACK HOME AND THEMEMBERS OF THESE GROUPS ASOPPOSED TO THE LEADERS YOU SEETHAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WANT AREFERENDUM.""BY A VOTE OF 36 TO 14 THEMOTION PASSES."THE MEASURE PASSED BOTH THEHOUSE ANDSENATE BY A 2/3RDS MAJORITYSETTING THESTAGE FOR A SUNDAY VOTE THATCOULD ENDTHE FLAG FLYING OVER THE STATEOFMISSISSIPPI.SUPPORTERS OF THE MEASURE SAYSTATEVOTERS WILL STILL HAVE A FINALSAY ..."IN THIS BILL IT DOES SAY THEPEOPLE WILL VOTE ON THAT FLAG IFTHEY DON'T LIKE THAT FLAG ....THEY CAN VOTE NO." BOTH HOUSES RETURN TOMORROW ATAT 2:00P.M.

TO TAKE UP THAT FINAL VOTEON THE FLAG.IF IT DOES PASS ...AND THEGO