Chicks For Free? Lawmaker Thinks So
Country Trio Told To Sing For Troops To Apolgize For Bush Remark
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The Dixie Chicks from left, Emily Robison, Natalie Maines, and Martie Seidel, after the Grammy Awards on Feb. 23, 2003. (AP)
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The group says "there is nothing more frightening than the notion of going to war with Iraq." (AP)
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Republican state representative Catherine Ceips introduced the resolution on Wednesday. She says the group's lead singer, Natalie Maines, upset her constituents when she told a London crowd that she was ashamed President George Bush was from Texas because of his support for a war on Iraq.
Many lawmakers on the floor told Representative Ceips that it was ridiculous to pass such a resolution because Maines was just expressing her democratic right to free speech.
Cindi Berger, the Dixie Chicks' publicist, had no comment on the resolution, which passed the House on a 50-35 vote and left some lawmakers angry and others confused.
"I think it's an olive branch to the Dixie Chicks," Ceips said.
"But only after they apologize first for exercising their free speech, is that correct?" asked House Minority Leader James Smith, a Democrat.
The Dixie Chicks have been in Europe promoting their recent release "Home," which won a Grammy last month for best country album.
The group kick off its concert tour in Greenville, South Carolina May 1st.
Some country music stations in Texas and other parts of the country have stopped playing Dixie Chicks music following Maines' remarks, because of angry calls from listeners.
Maines apologized for her remarks, saying she had been "disrespectful" to the president.
The group's hits include "Wide Open Spaces," "Ready to Run" and "Landslide."
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