GOP advances bill that would allow Nazi flags while banning Pride flags

[Jessica_Rose]

(UTAH) GOP advances bill that would allow Nazi flags while banning Pride flags

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/gop-advances-bill-that-would-allow-nazi-flags-while-banning-pride-flags/ar-AA1z3WDG?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=29202346e73149b8cb4220ef440205bc&ei=5

Story by Alex Bollinger (14 Feb 2025)

A bill that would ban Pride flags in government buildings – including schools – in Utah while allowing Nazi or Confederate flags to be flown has cleared a key hurdle in the state legislature.

H.B. 77 lists the flags that can be flown at state and local government buildings in the state, which include the U.S. flag, the Utah state flag, flags for other countries, military flags, Native American tribe flags, official college and university flags, and a "historic version of a flag... that is temporarily displayed for educational purposes."

The bill was introduced by state Rep. Trevor Lee (R), and he said that that last part about a "historic version of a flag" would include the Nazi flag and the Confederate flag.

"There are instances where in classrooms, you have curriculum that is needed to use flags such as World War II, Civil War," he told the committee yesterday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. "You may have a Nazi flag. You may have a Confederate flag, and so you are allowed to display those flags... as part of the curriculum, and that is okay."

But the Pride flag would be completely banned because, he said, it pushes a "political belief."

Several people testified at the hearing, including a father who said that his son saw a Pride flag in a school computer lab and he was offended because the Pride flag "sends a clear message about marriage."


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Well, I guess I need to take Utah off my list.

Love always -- Jessica Rose

[Lori Dee]

But the Pride flag would be completely banned because, he said, it pushes a "political belief."

I would like to see a Democrat (any state) advance a bill to outlaw MAGA hats and T-shirts for the same reason.

[Sephirah]

We have hearts emblazoned on buses where I live in the UK, with the pride colours, and underneath it says "Proud to serve".

If taking pride in being yourself, in the differences in humanity, and how those differences can make us all stronger and able to learn from each other, is somehow a political belief... I feel really sorry for the world.

Of course Nazi-ism, or National Socialism, isn't a political belief at all...