On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously voted to remove Russ Gordon and Cathy Stackpoole from the Hamtramck Human Relations Commission after they flew a Pride flag over a public sidewalk. The action came in response to the all-Muslim council’s vote in June, which is Pride Month, to prohibit certain flags, including the Pride flag, from being displayed on city-owned property. During her campaign, Dixon also pushed to ban what she called “pornographic” books in schools, aimed at material that mostly dealt with LGBTQ+ issues and characters. Nessel took exception to the idea that banning the Pride flag was meant to keep the city “neutral” toward its residents. “Banning the Pride flag is meant to send the very opposite message: a message of intolerance, hatred, and bigotry.

Source: Fox News July 14, 2023 15:07 UTC