DO THOSE WHO VOTE FOR THE CONFEDERATE FLAG VIOLATE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE? An article in "The Hill"

DO THOSE WHO VOTE FOR THE CONFEDERATE FLAG VIOLATE THEIR OATH OF OFFICE?

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/247413-voting-for-confederate-flag-violates-oath-of-office

To quote from the article.

Article VI, clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires all senators and representatives to take an oath of office. This oath requires them to swear allegiance to the Constitution. Rep. Calvert's (R-Calif.) proposed amendment to a 2016 spending bill allowing the Confederate flag to be displayed on National Park Service land violates this oath and encourages others to support an insurrectionist government, the Confederate States of America.

Over one hundred and fifty years ago, my family led the insurrection. My great-great-great grandfather, Howell Cobb, was the president of the Provisional Confederate Congress. His brother, Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, is credited with writing the Confederate Constitution. Their cousin, General Henry Benning, for whom a Georgia fort is named, led Confederate troops into battle against the Union.

They led the insurrection because my family didn't want to give up their slaves. The war had nothing to do with state's rights. It was all about slavery and the money it brought to the family. What they did was wrong and I'm appalled that Calvert wants to recognize them and other Confederate soldiers who fought to enslave African-Americans.