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Texas school district bans Virginia state flag and seal over naked breast
Students in Lamar can no longer learn about the state of Virginia on their online research database due to the ban
Virginia ’s state flag and seal, depicting the Roman goddess Virtus standing over a slain tyrant, her drooping toga exposing her left breast, has been banned from younger students in a Texas school district. The commonwealth of Virginia’s flag is periodically thrust into the national spotlight, and in 2010 was part a debate about what constitutes sexually explicit material in the state’s school libraries. Battles over Virginia’s seal and flag date back to 1776 when the commonwealth wanted to appear strong during the war of independence over British rule and hit on the image of Virtus, wielding a sword and spear, and the inscription “Sic Semper Tyrannis ” or “Thus always to tyrants”, next to a body and fallen crown.
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