Woman Says High School Flag Is Satanic

Sometimes people just take their religion a bit too far. Take Nadra Arnold-Curry of Granbury for instance.

Granbury High School, just southwest of Fort Worth, got themselves a new coach this year, so the Booster Club decided something was needed to whip up a little community support for the football team.

Since the team is called the Pirates, they got a couple hundred black flags with a skull and crossbones on it. It looks like the "Jolly Roger" that used to fly on pirate ships. Businesses all over town have started putting the flags up on Thursday and taking them down on Saturday (most games are played on Friday night).

But Ms. Arnold-Curry has decided the flags are "satanic", and she wants people to stop flying them. She told the Hood County Commissioners Court, "I appreciate our teams and coaches, too. But I have to stand up for my biblical convictions. Everything I’ve ever read about black flags and white skulls and bones, it’s called the 'flag of death. That’s what I automatically think of when I see it, gloom and doom."

The Commissioners Court politely heard Ms. Arnold-Curry speak, and then gave their permission for the flags to be flown on county property. Frankly, flying the Jolly Roger is very fitting for a team nicknamed the Pirates. While the flags may be a bit scary-looking, there is nothing satanic or anti-religious about them.

The new football coach has spoken with Ms. Arnold-Curry, and he says, "The difference between us is she thinks the flags are satanic and I think they’re nautical history."

The coach is right.