US embassies banned from flying Homosexual flags!
The bipartisan measure to avert a government shutdown includes a provision that would effectively ban LGBTQ Pride flags from flying over U.S. embassies.
Although the $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page-package does not explicitly mention barring Pride flags from flying at U.S. embassies, its text embraces a Republican-led effort to prohibit the display of the LGBTQ Pride flag at government buildings.
"None
of
the
funds
appropriated
or
otherwise
made
available
by
this
Act
may
be
obligated
or
expended
to
fly
or
display
a
flag
over
a
facility
of
the
United
States
Department
of
State"
other
than
the
U.S.
flag,
the
POW/MIA
flag,
the
Hostage
and
Wrongful
Detainee
flag,
flag
of
a
state,
flag
of
an
Indian
Tribal
government,
official
branded
flag
of
a
U.S.
agency
or
the
sovereign
flag
of
other
countries,
the
text
reads.........
House
Speaker
Mike
Johnson
reportedly
touted
the
provision
as
a
victory
in
a
closed-door
meeting
with
other
Republican
lawmakers
on
Wednesday
morning,
according
to
Bloomberg.