Salt Lake City, Boise seek to skirt laws banning Pride flags by adopting them as city emblems

Progressive cities using new tactic to fly the pride flag in defiance of state law

Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, have elevated LGBTQ+ flags to the status of “official” city emblems to get around recently passed state laws that ban ideological flags from government property. [UPDATE] Salt Lake City’s council unanimously approved three new flags incorporating the LGBTQ+ pride, transgender pride, and Juneteenth designs, each featuring the city’s Sego Lily emblem. These flags are now designated as official city symbols, allowin…

Boise and Salt Lake City Adopt Pride Flags as ‘Official’ City Flags

Defying Idaho and Utah laws, Boise and Salt Lake City adopted the LGBT Pride flag as official city flags. Currently, both states ban unofficial flags on government owned properties. Unlike state and city flags, which represent all legal residents, Pride flags are inherently divisive; they honor a small group of people for no other reason than their sexual attractions, behaviors and identities. Pride flags also are an affront to people of faith, …

Park City officials did not receive advance notice of Pride colors on PC Hill

The land where the PC Hill letters is located is under the ownership of City Hall and the municipal government said officials were not aware of plans to temporarily splash the lettering in the rainbow colors of the Pride flag.Park City High School students on Wednesday morning decorated the letters, which are on a highly visible hillside that can be seen from various vantages in Prospector, Park Meadows and the S.R. 248 corridor. It was the same…

Two State Capitals Adopt LGBT Flags as Official City Flags in Bid to Circumvent Law

“Cutting off your nose to spite your face” is a metaphorical expression. I’m not letting most of you, our infinitely wise readership, at home in on this self-evident fact. Instead, […] The post Two State Capitals Adopt LGBT Flags as Official City Flags in Bid to Circumvent Law appeared first on The Western Journal.

Silly Republican state law turns Idaho into a flag police state

Idaho’s new flag law faces challenges from Boise and Bonners Ferry as cities find creative ways to fly Pride and Canadian flags despite restrictions.

SLC council unanimously pass Pride, Juneteenth themed city flags ahead of state flag ban