"I really wanted to put a flag out, but I would never, ever use our current state flag," Stennis said. "I don't identify with it. It doesn't speak to me, or Mississippi." ...

WASHINGTON — The Confederate battle emblem on Mississippi's state flag ... talking about the flag. “If I’m a candidate in the Republican Party, that doesn’t win me anything ...

On Election Day, nearly 73% of state residents voted to change the state flag, which previously ... not a political moment to me, but a solemn occasion to lead our Mississippi family to come ...

At a time when other states have minimized displays of the contentious rebel symbol, Mississippi voted to keep it. "It makes us very, very proud," declared Earl Faggert, a former state commander ...

Mississippi ... the American flag as oppressive may want to take it down as well and that voters should decide whether to change the state flag. “I don’t see how that makes me a racist ...

Mississippi ... of the flag with 20 stars encircling it (representing Mississippi as the 20th state) with a dark blue background and red bars on each side. “What I wanted to do was show every ...

Russell Moore is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and the author of “The Courage to Stand: Facing Your Fear Without Losing Your Soul ...

In 2001, Mississippi gave voters the chance to change the flag through a public referendum; 64 percent voted no. “These kinds of issues, sadly, always seem to break down on racial lines ...

Lee and Stonewall Jackson) flew at half-mast outside the State Supreme Court, almost low enough for me to snatch it down—an idea, I admit, that held some appeal. Mississippi’s current flag was ...

an estimable lefty blog in my home state of Mississippi. When I called the court to ask about it, the spokeswoman explained to me that they were as surprised as anyone to see the wrong flag up there.