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Detroit-area city can ban LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property, judge says (AP)
Detroit-area city can ban LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property, judge sayshttps://apnews.com/article/michigan-city-pride-flag-lgbtq-hamtramck-10c539ae1fbc03140d145fe7f5de5f1b
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area city that banned LGBTQ+ flags from publicly owned flagpoles did not violate the Constitution, a judge said.
U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a lawsuit against Hamtramck, two years after the city council voted to allow only five flags, including the American flag, the Michigan flag and flags that “represent the international character” of residents. The city is known for welcoming immigrants.
A pride flag was flown in June 2021 and 2022 before some members of the all-Muslim council said it clashed with the beliefs of some members of their faith. Businesses and residents aren’t prohibited from displaying a pride flag on their own property in Hamtramck.
Critics of the new policy said Hamtramck was violating free speech. But Lawson said the city’s policy was OK because it bans all private flags not just some.
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U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a lawsuit against Hamtramck, two years after the city council voted to allow only five flags, including the American flag, the Michigan flag and flags that “represent the international character” of residents. The city is known for welcoming immigrants.
A pride flag was flown in June 2021 and 2022 before some members of the all-Muslim council said it clashed with the beliefs of some members of their faith. Businesses and residents aren’t prohibited from displaying a pride flag on their own property in Hamtramck.
Critics of the new policy said Hamtramck was violating free speech. But Lawson said the city’s policy was OK because it bans all private flags not just some.
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Muslims, yes. But Trump's kind of Muslims.
... President Donald Trump has nominated the city’s mayor, Amer Ghalib, a native of Yemen, to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait.
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