After outrage, Coast Guard says it will continue to define swastikas as hate symbols - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The Washington Post's report about the new regulations -- which also include the removal of gender identity as a protected characteristic and a higher bar to prove harassment -- had elicited wide concern from Jewish groups.
49% : The regulations, first reported Thursday by the Washington Post, permitted the symbols to be displayed in Coast Guard members' private quarters and said the would be barred from public spaces only if they undermined "good order and discipline, unit cohesion, command climate, morale or mission effectiveness."
41% : Soon, new regulations were issued that said swastikas, nooses and other symbols of hate would be prohibited in all Coast Guard "workplaces, facilities, and assets."
40% : Following the Washington Post report, the Coast Guard's top official said the regulations had been mischaracterized and that promotion of the symbols "will be thoroughly investigated and severely punished."

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