REMOVAL SOUGHT OF S.C. REBEL FLAG.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. The state's largest African-American Baptist organization has called for removing the Confederate battle flag from atop the Statehouse state·house also state house n. A building in which a state legislature holds sessions; a state capitol. statehouse Noun NZ a rented house built by the government Noun 1. . More than 700 ministers representing 400,000 members of the Baptist Educational and Missionary Missionary Aubrey, Father converts savages to Christianity. [Fr. Lit.: Atala] Boniface, St. missionary to the German infidels in 8th century. [Christian Hagiog.: Brewster, 271] Davidson, Rev. Convention of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. adopted the resolution recently. Convention President Willie Givens said the endorsement doesn't necessarily mean the group supports Gov. David Beasley's proposal. Beasley wants to move the flag to a Confederate monument on the Statehouse grounds. The statement the African-American Baptists endorsed, written by the South Carolina Christian Action Council, says the flag should be moved ``to a more appropriate location.'' It also says the religious leaders aim to ``represent the voices of respect, honor, reconciliation and healing.'' |
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