{"id":1948011,"date":"2023-06-15T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-muslim-city-council-bans-pride-flag\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T12:12:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T16:12:25","slug":"all-muslim-city-council-bans-pride-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-muslim-city-council-bans-pride-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim City Council prohibits display of Pride Flag."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fall-muslim-city-council-bans-pride-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1948011&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Michigan City Bans LGBTQ Pride Flags on Public Property<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A Michigan city with an all-Muslim city council on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/news\/world\/detroit-area-city-bans-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-public-property\/ar-AA1cy9Tn?ocid=msedgdhp&#038;pc=U531&#038;cvid=49b338469f9040d1b5833b9c47e20f2d&#038;ei=11\">banned<\/a> LGBTQ Pride flags and other &#8220;religious, ethnic, racial, political, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-muslim-city-council-bans-pride-flag\/\" title=\"Muslim City Council prohibits display of Pride Flag.\">sexual orientation group flags<\/a>&#8221; from flying on public property.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After more than three hours of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/wayne\/2023\/06\/14\/hamtramck-city-council-ban-lgbtq-pride-flags-property\/70318779007\/\">intense public comment<\/a>, the Hamtramck city council unanimously passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/mi\/cohmi\/Board.nsf\/files\/CSQUMN7CBF72\/$file\/Resolution%202023-82%20Resolution%20To%20Maintain%20and%20Confirm%20the%20neutrality%20Of%20The%20City%20of%20Hamtramck%20Towards%20Its%20Residents.pdf\">resolution<\/a> ruling only the American flag, the Michigan state flag, the Hamtramck flag, the Prisoner of War flag, and &#8220;the nation\u2019s flags that represent the international character of our City&#8221; shall be flown. About half of Hamtramck residents are Muslim, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2021\/11\/05\/hamtramck-first-muslim-city-council\/6288652001\/\">according<\/a> to the <em>Detroit Free Press<\/em>, and 25 percent of the city is of Arab descent.<\/p>\n<p>The ban is another example of the increasingly vocal opposition of religious Muslims in the United States to LGBTQ ideology. Earlier this month, Muslim and Christian parents in Montgomery County, Md., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/maryland-parents-protest-lgbt-books-school-boardprotect-our-children-1804972\">gathered<\/a> outside the county\u2019s public school headquarters to protest the end of a parental choice to opt out their children from reading books with LGBTQ content in school. A Democratic council member in the county drew criticism for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/maryland-council-member-apologizes-for-likening-muslims-to-white-supremacists-over-opposition-to-lgbt-lessons\/\">saying<\/a> at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-school-district-announces-policy-to-push-anti-racist-thinking-in-preschool-redefine-discrimination-and-racism\/\" title=\"Maryland School District Announces Policy to Push \u2018Anti-Racist Thinking\u2019 In Preschool, Redefine \u2018Discrimination\u2019 and \u2018Racism\u2019\">school board meeting<\/a> &#8220;some Muslim families [are] on the same side of an issue as white supremacists and outright bigots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Dearborn, Mich, a city with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/detroit\/news\/dearborns-first-arab-american-mayor-has-a-message-for-its-youth-be-proud-of-your-name\/\">42 percent<\/a> Arab population, hundreds of Muslim and Christian parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/parents-dearborn-michigan-school-board-sexually-explicit-books-heated-meeting\">spoke<\/a> at an October school board meeting, calling for the removal of sexually explicit books from the school library.<\/p>\n<p>Some GOP strategists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/06\/13\/2023\/the-gops-new-muslim-outreach\">see an opportunity<\/a> to gain ground with Muslims on social issues. In 2018, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/wayne\/2022\/11\/12\/republican-candidates-gain-votes-in-dearborn-after-lgbtq-book-protests\/69634143007\/\">won<\/a> the south end of Dearborn with 93 percent of the vote. In 2022, she barely carried the area with only 53 percent, while Tudor Dixon, her Republican opponent, grabbed 46 percent.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-canvassers-rescind-their-votes-to-certify-wayne-county-michigan-results\/\" title=\"Republican Canvassers Rescind Their Votes to Certify Wayne County, Michigan, Results\">public comment period<\/a> in Hamtramck Tuesday night, two women kissed at the podium in protest of the resolution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You guys are welcome,&#8221; council member Nayeem Choudhury said. &#8220;[But] why do you have to have the flag shown on government property to be represented? You\u2019re already represented. We already know who you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong><br \/>\n  <span><br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/lgbt\/\" title=\"View all posts in LGBT\">LGBT<\/a><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan city council in Hamtramck has unanimously passed a resolution prohibiting the display of LGBTQ Pride flags and other flags representing religious, ethnic, racial, political, or sexual orientation groups on public property. Only the American flag and the state flag will be allowed to fly in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2083,"featured_media":1948012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[5269,8641,6637,6867,19035,6575,11132],"class_list":["post-1948011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-city","tag-council","tag-display","tag-flag","tag-muslim","tag-pride","tag-prohibits"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1948012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}