South Carolina legislature to debate Confederate flag today

David Millward reports at The Telegraph that sales of Confederate flags are huge across the South and in Las Vegas, as the South Carolina legislature prepares to debate today whether to keep it flying in front of their state capitol.


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Update from Glenn Reynolds,

WHY NOT? IT WAS PUT UP BY DEMOCRATIC GOV. FRITZ HOLLINGS: Republican-Controlled South Carolina Senate Votes To Remove Confederate Flag. The vote was 37-3.

It still has to be voted on by the House.