City of Roanoke says Confederate flag can't be banned from Christmas parade because First Amendment won't allow it

NAACP leaders have called on city officials to ban the flag from the event. Several Roanoke city council members condemned it as a hateful symbol but said the First Amendment doesn't allow them to bar it.

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