Gianforte blasts Missoula officials for adopting Pride flag as official banner

Red State's Major City Adopts Pride Flag

Missoula, Montana, voted to adopt the Pride flag as the city’s official flag in a 9-2 vote. “Currently, there is only one official flag for the City of Missoula, and that’s the Pride flag adopted last night. There was no prior official flag,” City Attorney for the City of Missoula Ryan Sudbury told NBC Montana. The flag’s adoption is a response to HB 819, which restricted the implementation of “political or ideological advocacy” in flying flags.…

Missoula City Council reacts to Gov. Gianforte's criticism of adoption of Pride flag

A recently passed Montana law sought to ban Pride flags from being in schools and government buildings.The Missoula City Council adopted the Pride flag as an official city flag on Monday night, which, under the law, now allows the Pride flag to once again be flown in schools and government buildings across the state.The reaction to this decision has been mixed, however, including at the gubernatorial level, with Gov. Greg Gianforte offering crit…

Gianforte blasts Missoula officials for adopting Pride flag as official banner

“The Pride flag is not divisive. House Bill 819 was divisive and it was clearly targeted at silencing marginalized groups,” a Missoula City Council member said in response to Gianforte.

Missoula City Council reacts to Gianforte criticism of Pride flag

Gov. Greg Gianforte offered criticism following the City of Missoula's decision to approve a resolution that designates the Pride flag as an official city flag. Continue reading…