[coramdeo]

As a Southern man (albeit a recently relocated one), a supporter of states rights and an American, I find this incredibly muddle-headed. I think Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B Stuart and other Confederate heros would be appalled to know someone was trying to invoke their cause to support the position the author takes. Lets not forget that each of the Confederate heros proudly served under the American flag, and it was only when their states separated from the Union that they reluctantly reordered their allegiances. No such justification is present today.

[Jaidyn]

I am an American who has lived my entire life in Ohio. My relatives live all the way from Florida to Michigan. My grandmother's parents are from the Netherlands. Other than that I am an American mutt and a patriotic American, at that. I can live in any state and still be an American. I have no desire to leave my beloved home, but no matter where I might be, THIS is still home. I fly the Red's pennant, the Bengals, the Browns, Ohio State, Indians and even the Ohio flag but the one that is larger than life is the American Flag, which I look upon as a friend, protector and symbol of who I am and what we are as a nation.