Florida bill that would ban Pride flags from government buildings moves forward
A subcommittee in the Florida Legislature voted to approve a bill that could limit flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags in schools and other government buildings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 270383007/
^^not just pride flags.Florida lawmakers have voted to move forward with a bill that would effectively ban Pride flags from government buildings and schools.
HB 901 says that "a governmental entity may not erect or display a flag that represent a political viewpoint, including, but not limited to a politically partisan, racial, sexual orientation and gender, or political ideology viewpoint."
The proposal, introduced by Florida state Republicans Rep. David Borrero of Sweetwater and Rep. Randy Fine of Brevard County, was approved Wednesday in a 9-5 vote along party lines in the Republican-led House's subcommittee on constitutional rights, rule of law and government operations. It's now in the State Affairs Committee. ..
this practice should have never been allowed to flourish.
^^domestic+abroad... Bill co-sponsor Fine said that he doesn't want "a Hamas flag flying in this (subcommittee) room."
“I don’t want the Black Lives Matter flag flying in this room, and I don’t want the 'Trump for president' flag flying in this room," he said, according to the News Service. "They’re not appropriate in this room, they’re not appropriate in our schools, they’re not appropriate in our government buildings.”