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Originally posted by honeychile
Isn't there some statute somewhere that you must have an American flag at a public meeting of any sort? At least, that's what I was told when I asked why we have an American flag at church.
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There is no such Federal statute, except for the requirement to display the flag at government buildings and military installations. Individual organizations may have in their rules and regulations requiring the display of the U.S. flag and/or the flag of the organization.
Example: in the chapter setup for meetings of the Order of the Eastern Star, the national flag is placed to the right of the presiding officer (the Worthy Matron). Some OES jurisdictions (not Texas) add the Protestant Christian Flag to the left of the Worthy Patron.