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  • Historic Gettysburg seminary bans Confederate flags

    06/29/2015 3:11:53 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 29 replies
    The HanoverEvening Sun ^ | June 29, 2015 | Chris Cappella
    In the wake of several Gettysburg-area stores making announcements on if they'll continue to sell Confederate flag-related merchandise, the Lutheran Theological Seminary is making its stand. Saturday, the day before a Living History event was slated to take place on the seminary's campus, the administration announced it would be banning symbols of hate speech and racism on seminary grounds, said the Rev. John Spangler, executive assistant to the president for communication and planning. The ban prohibits the display of the flag or flags associated with the Confederate States of America, Spangler said. "The subsequent use by other groups have made...