Salt Lake City – Democratic controlled cities Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ + People in defiance of Republican law-controlled lawmakers who have Forbidden Traditional Dugins Flags Rainbow in schools and government buildings.
Utah is the capital of Salt Lake City created a new flag design while Boise, the capital Idaho, made a traditional flag of pride one of his official city flags. The shift in Utaha arrived hours before the ban on insecure flags came into force on Wednesday.
The mayors of cities were talking on Tuesday morning to discuss their individual plans and offering each other’s support, Andrew Wittenberg, Salt Lake City Grayoin spokesman.
“My sincere intention is not to cause or cause a division,” Mendenhall said. “My intention is to represent the values of our city city and respect our dear residents that make up this beautiful city and heritage pain and progress they endured.”
Ban Idah’s flag entered into force on 3. April, the ban on government buildings to show all flags other than those on a short list, including the American flag, military branch flags and the official flag of government entities. A separate ban containing some exemption for school buildings enters into force 1. July.
The fans said the laws would encourage the political neutrality of teachers and other government officials. Opponents claimed that they focused on deleting the LGBTQ + expression and authority for grinding from cities and cities that did not politically harmonize with the republic legislation.
More than dozens of other countries consider similar measures.
The flag for the pride for years he regularly flew into the Boise’s city hall, and the mayor Lauren McLean kept the flag, even after Idaho’s law came into force. McLean said she believed that the law was inapplicable.
But Idaho lawyer Raul Labrador recently warned that he would ask the representative to add a mechanism for execution in the legislative session in 2026. Years.
According to the Utah, the state or local self-governing building can be fined $ 500 for flying any flag, the state flag, city or county, the military flag, the Olympic flags, or tribal flags or tribal flags or tribal flags or tribal flags or tribal flags. Political flags are not allowed.
Last week, McLean responded to the Idaho law by issuing the declaration retroactively by making the flags about the official city flag, together with the flag of honorary organ donors. It is allowed both to fly next to the Boise’s traditional blue flag with the buildings of the capital and the slogan “Trees”.
The City Council voted 5 to 1 to proclaim during packaged and sometimes rowing encounters on Tuesday evening.
“Removing the flag now after the year of flying would proud be a neutral act,” said Meredith Council member. “This would signal the withdrawal of the values we have long supported and send a message on developing those who have found confirmation and affiliation through its presence in city councilors.”
Some have attended the flags of pride, while others waved the American flag. Sometimes the crawl broke out, prompted a short dent.
Utah in March became the first country, which brought the ban on an instance flag in all government buildings. The Republican government Spencer Cox release the bill to become a law without signature. He said he thinks he went too far in the regulation of local governments, but he was choosing not to reject him because his veto was probably overpowered by legislation.
Utahov Law does not explicitly mention LGBTQ + pride flags, but the account sponsor, Republican tail. Trevor Lee repeatedly stated that he forbade him to ban them.
Council members in Salt Lake City have unanimously approved new designs Tuesday night, adding the city emblem – Sego Ljiljan – Atop traditional obligations LGBTQ + flag of pride and blue, pink and white transgender flag. They also adopted a red and blue flag for JuneteestiFederal holiday celebrated 19. June which in the US marks the end of slavery in the US
UTAH’s Republican Speaker Mike Schultz called that “clear waste of time and taxpayers”.
“This law is about keeping government spaces neutral and welcome everyone,” Schultz said. “Salt Lake City should focus on actual questions, not political saying.”
Other Idaho communities are also struggling with a restriction.
City buildings in Fonters by ferry, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from the Canadian border, long-flyed Canada, removing it only in April after Idah’s governor approved the flag restraint.
But the law contains an exception that the government entities allows the flag of other countries during the “special opportunities” to fly. Wanting to fly again to Zavarcu throughout the year, the Ferry Bury City Council brought a resolution on Tuesday appointment every day of the year “special opportunity” in Friendship with Canada.
___ Boone reported from Boise, Idaho.
2025-05-08 00:14:00
