School bans Confederate flag symbol and anti-'gay' messages on vehicles

Foxnews.com reports: The debate over displaying the Confederate flag has made its way into school parking lots. Three students were called to the principal’s office at a Christiansburg, Virginia high school earlier this month and told to remove Confederate symbols from their vehicles. All complied. Two of the students told the Roanoke Times they were threatened with a three-day suspension. Officials at the school said that wasn’t the case. “We cannot suspend students for violating parking guidelines,” Montgomery County schools spokeswoman Brenda Drake said. Christiansburg is the lone school of the county’s four public high schools to have a parking contract requiring that “vehicles must be free from displaying any flags or symbols that are deemed offensive to any race, religion, ethnic group, or sexual orientation.” The rule was added this year in order to bring the parking requirements in line with school dress code and locker guidelines, Drake said...