A little respect, please!

 

Maybe we can just chalk it up to ignorance, but there was an appalling lack of respect shown for our national and state flags in the Dallas MLK parade. I was quite put out when I saw this photo:

 

 

The flag is NOT to be carried over one's shoulder like a sack of potatoes! According to the U.S. Flag Code as spelled out in Public Law 94-344, Sec. 4 (c), The flag should never be carried flat or horizontally, but always aloft and free."

Clark Rogers is the director of educational programs with the National Flag Foundation and says if you're carrying the flag, it should be out in front of you: "The flag is carried essentially straight up and down or at roughly a 30-degree angle going up," Rogers says. "The thing about carrying a flag is it's always carried upright, never dipped under any conditions whatsoever."

But how can we expect any respect for the flag from ordinary citizens when the gum-smacking socialist we just inaugurated to the highest office in the land offers no respect to the Constitution?