Mississippi's new flag

[underpants]

Mississippi ratifies and raises its new state flag over the state Capitol for the first time

CNN) Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Monday ratified the new state flag, and Mississippi flew its new banner over the state Capitol for the first time, months after the state retired its decades-old flag that displayed a Confederate battle emblem.

The moment was historic for the southern state that had been the last in the nation whose flag featured the Confederate battle insignia, and emotional for advocates who fought for years to change it.

Amid the protests, Mississippi state lawmakers passed a historic referendum to retire and replace the flag with a new design that "shall honor the past while embracing the promise of the future." The bill established a commission to select a new design that would exclude the Confederate battle emblem and include the phrase "In God We Trust."

In September, the commission selected the magnolia flag as the design Mississippi voters would consider on the November ballot.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/mississippi-new-state-flag-flown/index.html

[Thomas Hurt]

1. swapping one conservative political rag for another.

[Blue_true]

3. The words "In God We Trust" don't set me off.

I just look at all the other stuff on the flag, it is a nice looking flag.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Just a marginally more palatable conservative message than the confederate flag.

[Blue_true]

2. That new flag is a really nice looking flag.

I wonder when it shows up online for purchase.

[Cracklin Charlie]

4. I like it.

Good on them for replacing the racist emblem. I like the two red color bars on the side. It looked good flying on a pole on my local news.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. Which GOD?

Dammit, it makes a difference.

[Celerity]

9. only white RW jeebus need apply

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. +1

[Hekate]

18. The god in the motto is not specified, leaving it up to people's imagination. This hardly seems the

...place to slam all Christians and their deity, just when an old slavery state has done away with the last vestiges of sedition and insurrection of their past. jmho

[eShirl]

22. my impression from the flag is god is feminine

[Ferrets are Cool]

27. Well, since we are "supposed" to separate church and state, I feel justified in posting my

displeasure at the words they have splashed across their flag. So there. 😝😝😝

[BrightKnight]

13. Mississippi is 83% Christian. Less than 5% have no religion.

Here is a breakdown.

https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/state/mississippi/

It means love you neighbor ant that is far better than the tribal hate flag they had.



I suggest that it might be a good idea to run Democratic Christians in the State.

[JI7]

16. The divide is over Race. Black and Hispanics as a whole are much more religious and Christian

than whites. BUt White Christians usually don't associate with them.

And Democrats who run there have always been christian.

[Hekate]

17. Actually more people in this world believe in some kind of deity than not. The god in the motto...

...is not named, leaving it up to the viewer’s imagination. Or not.

[Hortensis]

26. Simple truth. Further, many more hold religious beliefs that vary by WHAT

they consider divine, but not at all by the fervor of belief. Could be deities or a deity with a name, Marianne Williamson-type forces, natural objects, or religious belief in no deity as in atheism.

This mainly offends only the last. I try not to be since there's absolutely nothing to be gained by intolerance of people wherever I turn, except those among them unwilling to play well with others, of course.

This pretty thing was chosen by the voters of Mississippi.



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[pwb]

7. That's nice.

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[question everything]

8. Pretty

[Hortensis]

11. Nice. More flags should have special flowers on them.

[Hekate]

15. I know. I was trying to imagine Hawaii's state flag re-designed & found the Kanaka Maoli flag...

...apparently was designed in 2001. Unofficial, yes, but I kind of like it. Instead of the British Union Jack in the corner it has a central shield of a kahili and 2 crossed canoe paddles.

The state flower is a yellow hibiscus.

[dalton99a]

12. It is better.

[Sgent]

14. As a former resident

congrats to all the people who have worked over decades to get this done! And congrats to the BLM protesting students and athletes who got this over the finish line!

[underpants]

24. How surprised were you that this finally happened?

I’ve never been to Mississippi. I can tell you that the monuments coming down here in Richmond were truly something I never thought I’d see.

[Lucinda]

19. Meaning of the design - from wiki:

"...The New Magnolia flag is anchored in the center field by a clean and modern Magnolia blossom, a symbol long-used to represent our state and the hospitality of our citizens. The New Magnolia also represents Mississippi's sense of hope and rebirth, as the Magnolia often blooms more than once and has a long blooming season. The New Magnolia is sleek and updated to represent the forward progression of Mississippi. The circle of twenty stars represents Mississippi as the twentieth state of the United States of America and is anchored by the gold five-point star, which stands alone. This star represents our first peoples, the indigenous Native American tribes of the land that would become Mississippi. The color blue in the main field of the flag echoes the blue of the American flag, representing vigilance, justice, perseverance, while the bands of red represent hardiness and valor. The gold lines and the gold stamen of the New Magnolia are a nod to the rich cultural history of Mississippi, specifically the visual arts, literature, music, and performing arts to originate in our state."

[underpants]

23. 20 stars 20th state. Thanks I was wondering about that.

[Wounded Bear]

25. Was that the first time it was admitted, or the second?

Nice looking flag, BTW.

[Raine]

21. Nice flag, I like it! 👍 nt