05-28-2009, 11:46 AM
I found this article when I googled the story after catching the show half way through this morning:
North Texas Woman Told to Take Down American Flag in Office
A hospital supervisor in Mansfield says she was unfairly targeted by her boss because she hung an American flag in her office for Memorial Day.
Debbie McLucas of Kindred Hospital in Mansfield wanted to do something special to honor her husband and son who both served their country and her daughter who's currently fighting in Iraq. She brought a 3 foot by 5 foot American flag to hang in her office at Kindred Hospital, and that bothered one of her supervisors.
"I find it very frightening because if I can't display my flag, what other freedoms will I lose before all is said and done?" McLucas said.
McLucas tells KRLD News one supervisor who was not born in this country was offended and raised a stink about her flag. McLucas was told by higher-ups the flag outside the building would have to do, and that patients and visitors had complained, too. [/quote]
The parent company of Kindred Hospital in Mansfield has issued a statement, saying the disagreement was between two employees "over the size of the flag, not what it symbolizes." She says the supervisor and the worker both have active family members in the military. A company spokeswoman says they're trying to get the issue resolved as quickly as possible and that they've invited McLucas to re-hang her flag.
It sounds to me as though the supervisor who complained was probably more upset about the way the flag was being used, or the size of the flag and NOT what it represented. This had nothing to do with the supervisor's nationality, or lack of respect for the flag. In fact, according to this article the supervisor who complained has family serving in the military, as well. Maybe this person was offended at the way the flag being hung improperly?
When I heard this on the radio this morning, I had a feeling there was more to it. I'm sort of let down by the guys for jumping on the media bandwagon of automatically assuming that this was a slam on America and yet another reason to attack anyone who might have a differing opinion on something.
North Texas Woman Told to Take Down American Flag in Office
A hospital supervisor in Mansfield says she was unfairly targeted by her boss because she hung an American flag in her office for Memorial Day.
Debbie McLucas of Kindred Hospital in Mansfield wanted to do something special to honor her husband and son who both served their country and her daughter who's currently fighting in Iraq. She brought a 3 foot by 5 foot American flag to hang in her office at Kindred Hospital, and that bothered one of her supervisors.
"I find it very frightening because if I can't display my flag, what other freedoms will I lose before all is said and done?" McLucas said.
McLucas tells KRLD News one supervisor who was not born in this country was offended and raised a stink about her flag. McLucas was told by higher-ups the flag outside the building would have to do, and that patients and visitors had complained, too. [/quote]
The parent company of Kindred Hospital in Mansfield has issued a statement, saying the disagreement was between two employees "over the size of the flag, not what it symbolizes." She says the supervisor and the worker both have active family members in the military. A company spokeswoman says they're trying to get the issue resolved as quickly as possible and that they've invited McLucas to re-hang her flag.
It sounds to me as though the supervisor who complained was probably more upset about the way the flag was being used, or the size of the flag and NOT what it represented. This had nothing to do with the supervisor's nationality, or lack of respect for the flag. In fact, according to this article the supervisor who complained has family serving in the military, as well. Maybe this person was offended at the way the flag being hung improperly?
When I heard this on the radio this morning, I had a feeling there was more to it. I'm sort of let down by the guys for jumping on the media bandwagon of automatically assuming that this was a slam on America and yet another reason to attack anyone who might have a differing opinion on something.