To: McLain Toole (SC-88) and Katrina Frye Shealy (SC-23)
Now Is the Time!
To honor the nine innocent Charlestonians and to show the world that SC is a state of action, not just hollow words, it is time to remove the Confederate flag from the State House grounds.
Why is this important?
To see a murderer use the Confederate flag as his symbol of hatred and to know that same symbol flies on our State House grounds is unacceptable. I am tired of the bigotry and hatred associated with that flag. No matter what the flag might have meant, the entire country now associates it with the sort of bigotry that just cost our state nine innocent lives. It is time for our politicians to do the honorable thing, to show their concern through actions! Think what a message of love that would send to our country about SC.