Chuck Schumer’s legislation comes after Trump administration removed Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument
By Catholics for Catholics
The Senate Minority Leader is intensifying his efforts in having the Gay Pride flag to be held in the same honor as the Stars and Stripes in the consideration of the federal government.
Chuck Schumer D-N.Y., revealed plans to launch legislation that would transform the flag, which is a symbol of the LGBTQ movement, into a congressionally approved flag. The honor would hallow the flag with similar protections as the U.S. flag, military flags, POW/MIA flags and others recognized by Congress, according to a story by Fox News.
Schumer’s initiative comes after earlier this month the Trump administration took down a Pride flag from a national monument outside the Stonewall Inn. A fracas between police and patrons at a gay bar in the 1960s is commonly thought about as the birth of the gay rights movement.
After an internal memo from the Department of the Interior ordering “non-agency” flags at national parks be removed, the Pride flag was taken down from the monument.
Signed by National Park Service Acting Director Jessica Bowron in late January, the directive included certain exceptions to the rule, including historical flags, military flags and federally recognized flags from tribal nations.
“Stonewall is sacred ground and Congress must act now to permanently protect the Pride flag and what it stands for,” Schumer said. “Trump’s hateful crusade must end.”
According to Fox News, the flag has since been reinstalled atop the pole outside the Stonewall Inn, and Schumer’s legislative push would prevent it from being taken down in the future.
Though not directly targeting the Pride flag, President Donald Trump beforehand signed an executive order limiting what types of flags may be displayed on federal property to ensure only the U.S. flag is prominently flown.
President Barack Obama first designated in 2016 The Stonewall National Monument. But the Pride flag atop a large flagpole outside the famous gay bar did not fall under the list of protected flags and pennants.
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