Current Events > Trump banned gay flag. Biden undoes ban. Is now next to US flag.

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ZannoL
04/24/21 9:07:57 PM
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Are you offended by the gay pride flag being next to the US flag?


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-pride-flag-us-embassy-b1836630.html

At United States embassies, the Pride rainbow can now fly alongside the stars and stripes.

In a confidential memo obtained by Foreign Policy, Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized all American embassies and consulates around the world to display the LGBTQ Pride flag on the same flagpole as the American one something the Trump administration had forbidden.

The change of policy comes in time for Pride Month, in June, and the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, on 17 May.


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PoundGarden
04/24/21 9:09:42 PM
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I honestly don't have an opinion on this one way or the other.

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Irony
04/24/21 9:10:15 PM
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Cool

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MabusIncarnate
04/24/21 9:11:54 PM
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In before a sickening amount of votes for very offended.

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BilalPowell
04/24/21 9:12:53 PM
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How about the checkered flag for NASCAR fans?

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CalosiaTana
04/24/21 9:14:46 PM
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Anyone offended by "the gays" just wants it in the ass.

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specialkid8
04/24/21 9:16:53 PM
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MachineJaipur
04/24/21 9:19:37 PM
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https://youtu.be/q-nd34iAK9Y

Mods I'm not being serious here
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spikethedevil
04/24/21 9:21:23 PM
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BilalPowell posted...
How about the checkered flag for NASCAR fans?

ITP: Only NASCAR uses a chequered flag,

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Machete
04/24/21 9:22:53 PM
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BilalPowell posted...
How about the checkered flag for NASCAR fans?

nascar fucking sucks

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Turbam
04/24/21 9:24:18 PM
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Wait, Trump banned the gay flag?

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Kolibri X
04/24/21 9:30:19 PM
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Stunning and brave but they won't do it in Saudi Arabia.

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ThePrinceFish
04/24/21 9:38:04 PM
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No other flag besides the US flag should be flown outside embassies. Not even state department or the POW flag. Only the national flag.

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Awards
04/24/21 9:56:10 PM
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Noice
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BLAKUboy
04/24/21 10:06:57 PM
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Turbam posted...
Wait, Trump banned the gay flag?
He banned them from being flown at US embassies, because, you know, he was such an ally.

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AlmightyCheeks
04/24/21 10:11:21 PM
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I really dont see why a flag for who you choose to fuck needs to be flown in the first place

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MabusIncarnate
04/24/21 10:14:14 PM
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AlmightyCheeks posted...
I really dont see why a flag for who you choose to fuck needs to be flown in the first place
Oh look, here's one.

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ZannoL
04/24/21 10:15:37 PM
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AlmightyCheeks posted...
I really dont see why a flag for who you choose to fuck needs to be flown in the first place
Very reductive.
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armandro
04/24/21 10:16:02 PM
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as long as it doesnt fly higher than the american flag i dont see why people should have a problem with it

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FlameTurtle
04/24/21 10:16:28 PM
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My favorite part of this is seeing how miserable it makes some people on here

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Questionmarktarius
04/24/21 10:21:02 PM
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The only flags you're supposed to fly on the same pole are the POW/MIA flag, and a state flag, then military flags, in that order, unless Biden just changed that.
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Tyranthraxus
04/24/21 10:23:40 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
The only flags you're supposed to fly on the same pole are the POW/MIA flag, and a state flag, then military flags, in that order, unless Biden just changed that.
I don't think anyone said anything about the same pole. Lots of places have 3 poles next to each other with the tallest one reserved for the national

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Questionmarktarius
04/24/21 10:25:02 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I don't think anyone said anything about the same pole. Lots of places have 3 poles next to each other with the tallest one reserved for the national
So... the rainbow flag goes on the third one?
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YourLovelyTina
04/24/21 10:25:08 PM
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BLAKUboy posted...
He banned them from being flown at US embassies, because, you know, he was such an ally.

But he held an upside-down flag with "LGBTs for Trump" scrawled on it by a toddler once!

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BilalPowell
04/24/21 10:25:40 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I don't think anyone said anything about the same pole. Lots of places have 3 poles next to each other with the tallest one reserved for the national
see OP

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Questionmarktarius
04/24/21 10:28:52 PM
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BilalPowell posted...
see OP
I don't think the president has power to mess with the (completely unenforceable) Flag Code like that. Gonna go look that up.
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Tyranthraxus
04/24/21 10:32:32 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
So... the rainbow flag goes on the third one?
I mean I guess it's up to embassy staff where they put it if they put it anywhere. It doesn't sound like Biden ordered them to fly it, just undid a ban preventing them from doing it.

The memo did not make the display a requirement, however, and advised embassies to decide whether flying the rainbow was appropriate in light of local conditions.

We don't have the text of the memo so this is being filtered through multiple people

That said it looks like this restriction might be different for embassies & might have been a change Obama authorized which would explain why Trump banned it.



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Questionmarktarius
04/24/21 10:35:39 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Gonna go look that up.

From the Flag Code:
10. Modification of rules and customs by President
Any rule or custom pertaining to the display of the flag of the United States of America, set forth herein, may be altered, modified, or repealed, or additional rules with respect thereto may be prescribed, by the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, whenever he deems it to be appropriate or desirable; and any such alteration or additional rule shall be set forth in a proclamation.
Executive Order No. 10834 issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on August 24, 1959, amended the provisions of Title 4, U.S.C., Chapter 1 and established the 50 star Flag as the official Flag of the United States, effective on July 4, 1960.

No problem here.

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Slayer_22
04/24/21 10:35:46 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
No other flag besides the US flag should be flown outside embassies. Not even state department or the POW flag. Only the national flag.

This seems like the right thing here.

Otherwise it's just...idk, what does gay pride have to do with the embassy?

That said, I'm not offended, just really confused.
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Wetterdew
04/24/21 10:43:58 PM
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AlmightyCheeks posted...
I really dont see why a flag for who you choose to fuck needs to be flown in the first place
dumbest comment somebody has posted to CE in april 2021 award

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Wetterdew
04/24/21 10:44:28 PM
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CalosiaTana posted...
Anyone offended by "the gays" just wants it in the ass.
most people offended by the gays are just bigoted straight people...not secret gay people

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Questionmarktarius
04/24/21 10:46:40 PM
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Wetterdew posted...
most people offended by the gays are just bigoted straight people...not secret gay people
Nah, it's just religious people.
Secular straights don't care. Even a good amount of religious people don't care much. It's just that the really religious care a lot.
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Wetterdew
04/25/21 1:53:44 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
it's just religious people.
Secular straights don't care
no

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nfearurspecimn
04/25/21 1:55:24 AM
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good! :D

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008Zulu
04/25/21 2:24:07 AM
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Sucks to be a bigot right now. Let me see if I can find that violin, play them a tune. I always lose it though, it's so damn small.

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TerraSeeker
04/25/21 2:30:27 AM
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But why would it fly next to the American flag? The title makes it sounds like Trump made it so people couldn't have gay pride flags. He obviously didn't. Try being honest.

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Pandamonic
04/25/21 2:30:40 AM
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Irony posted...
Cool

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tenlaar2
04/25/21 2:37:31 AM
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Obviously Republicans do everything with the worst possible intentions, but I don't really have a problem with the flagpole (assuming there is only one) being reserved only for official US flag stuff as long as displays of support aren't prohibited in general. Honestly, the stuff that some embassies did because of the flag ban seemed a lot better to me than a little flag. Huge banners that covered big parts of the buildings and stuff.
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Kastrada
04/25/21 2:38:27 AM
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BilalPowell posted...
How about the checkered flag for NASCAR fans?

Hey now, NASCAR is more progressive in regards to banning the Confederate flag than government institutions in the US. >_>

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Returning_CEmen
04/25/21 2:51:43 AM
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Thats cool and all, but why raise that flag and not others?

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nfearurspecimn
04/25/21 2:52:14 AM
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Returning_CEmen posted...
Thats cool and all, but why raise that flag and not others?
what other flags are there to raise?

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Returning_CEmen
04/25/21 3:04:05 AM
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nfearurspecimn posted...
what other flags are there to raise?
Ducks Unlimited

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ZannoL
04/25/21 9:14:05 AM
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Majority voting not offended.
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HadoukenZ
04/25/21 9:29:57 AM
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Biden is the best president in my lifetime so far.

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ZannoL
04/25/21 10:33:15 AM
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Bump
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The Trent
04/25/21 10:35:10 AM
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Can we get a Jolly Roger up for fucks sake

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TheVipaGTS
04/25/21 10:38:04 AM
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Anyone offended by this is in the closet, and its ok to come out, you guys.

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IShall_Run_Amok
04/25/21 10:38:21 AM
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Wake me up when he bans the US flag. That would be cool.

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The Trent
04/25/21 10:38:41 AM
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IShall_Run_Amok posted...
Wake me up when he bans the US flag. That would be cool.

Hahahahahahaha CE things

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