Utah Bans the Pride Flag

metroweekly.com:

permitted to be displayed in or flown outside government buildings and schools include the American flag, the Utah state flag, military flags, the Olympic and Paralympic flags, college or university flags, tribal flags, and historic versions of other approved flags that might be used for educational purposes.“Taxpayer-funded entities shouldn’t be promoting political agendas,” Lee said on social media after Gov.

Spencer Cox (R) allowed it to become law without his signature. “This is a massive win for Utah.”Governor Cox explained in an open letter that he had “serious concerns” about the bill but allowed it to become law without his signature because the Republican-dominated legislature would have overridden any veto he issued.Cox also expressed support for the idea behind the bill, especially as it pertains to schools — based on Republican orthodoxy claiming that merely existing as an LGBTQ person is a “political act,” rather than a fact of nature. “I deeply believe that our classrooms need to be a place where everyone feels welcome — free from the politics that are fracturing our country,” he wrote. “Parents are rightly upset when they bring their kids to publicly funded schools and see culture-war symbols in a place that should be apolitical.

I appreciate that the bill is neutral on the types of flags in question (and I find it strange that no headline reads ‘MAGA flags banned from classrooms’).”Cox called on the Utah State Board of Education to pass policies that would ensure classrooms remain politically neutral environments.