A hospital supervisor in Mansfield says she was unfairly targeted by her boss because she hung an American flag in her office for Memorial Day.
Debbie McLucas of Kindred Hospital in Mansfield wanted to do something special to honor her husband and son who both served their country and her daughter who's currently fighting in Iraq. She brought a 3 foot by 5 foot American flag to hang in her office at Kindred Hospital, and that bothered one of her supervisors.
"I find it very frightening because if I can't display my flag, what other freedoms will I lose before all is said and done?" McLucas said.
McLucas tells KRLD News one supervisor who was not born in this country was offended and raised a stink about her flag. McLucas was told by higher-ups the flag outside the building would have to do, and that patients and visitors had complained, too.
The parent company of Kindred Hospital in Mansfield has issued a statement, saying the disagreement was between two employees "over the size of the flag, not what it symbolizes." She says the supervisor and the worker both have active family members in the military. A company spokeswoman says they're trying to get the issue resolved as quickly as possible and that they've invited McLucas to re-hang her flag.
Click here to hear Debbie McLucas talk with the KRLD morning news.
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