Upset with Obama and gay marriage, man flies flag at half-staff

[pstokely]

http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2015/07/12/pokin-around-flag-half-staff-demise-america/30061351/

"Old Glory flies at half-staff. Hall lowered it after the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions in favor of the Affordable Care Act and gay marriage.

The flag is a barometer of Hall's displeasure with the state of the union. He first lowered it in 2012 when Barack Obama was re-elected.

"I don't think highly of him," Hall, 84, tells me. "... I feel like he is leading the country in the wrong direction."

The half-staff flag caught the eye of neighbor Steve Brock, 58, who contacted me via email.

"My neighbor has a similar flag pole, but instead of being proud, he uses the flag as a form of protest," Brock wrote.

[DrDan]

1. Why give him any attention - he has the right

It's Springfield - he has plenty of support there

[ladjf]

2. His protest is not newsworthy at any level. nt

[bulloney]

3. It's just another example of the media fanning flames of hate and resentment toward Obama.

[romanic]

4. What a jerk.

Disrespecting our flag with a childish protest.