The prohibition was one of many side issues included in the mammoth $1.2 trillion package to fund the government through September.

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    219 months ago

    Can’t we have both tho? Does a second flag somehow diminish the meaning of a country flag? Shouldn’t a country also show off their values, especially in embassies in other countries? Tho, America doesn’t value queer people so I guess it makes sense. Maybe I’m just not patriotic enough as a European, because if I heard that my country was removing pride flags I’d get quite crossed

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      Who gets to decide what flags they fly? If we allow some, we have to allow all. While it’d be cool to see The Satanic Temple fly a flag, you know someone will try to put up a Kekistan flag, or some MAGA thing. Or the Confederate flag.

      I do agree we should put our values up to show what we stand for, but that’s what we should make the US flag stand for as our actions as a nation.

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      9 months ago

      Does a second flag somehow diminish the meaning of a country flag?

      Yes. Which is fine in most contexts, but for an embassy is basically the same as a sign saying what the building is for, so adding more flags muddles what should be a very clear message: “This building is an outpost of the US government.”

      Tho, America doesn’t value queer people so I guess it makes sense.

      Yeah, flying a pride flag would be misleading. It’s like all the rainbow police cars were have in Seattle even though everyone knows cops aren’t on the side of LGBT+ people.