GOP advances bill that would allow Nazi flags while banning Pride flags - LGBTQ Nation

Utah H.B. 77 would restrict which flags can be flown at state and local government buildings, including schools. The bill would allow the U.S. flag, the Utah state flag, flags for other countries, military flags, Native American tribe flags, and official college and university flags. It would also allow a historic version of a flag temporarily displayed for educational purposes. The bill’s sponsor said the historic provision could include Nazi and Confederate flags used in World War II and Civil War curriculum. The sponsor said Pride flags would be banned because they represent a political belief and that schools should not make children feel targeted by political factions.

"H.B. 77 lists the flags that can be flown at state and local government buildings in the state, which include the U.S. flag, the Utah state flag, flags for other countries, military flags, Native American tribe flags, official college and university flags, and a "historic version of a flag... that is temporarily displayed for educational purposes.""

"The bill was introduced by state Rep. Trevor Lee (R), and he said that that last part about a "historic version of a flag" would include the Nazi flag and the Confederate flag. "There are instances where in classrooms, you have curriculum that is needed to use flags such as World War II, Civil War," he told the committee yesterday, the Salt Lake Tribune reported."

""You may have a Nazi flag. You may have a Confederate flag, and so you are allowed to display those flags... as part of the curriculum, and that is okay." But the Pride flag would be completely banned because, he said, it pushes a "political belief.""

""We are starting to see increasingly more hostile-type interactions between different political factions that we have within our society, and that is no different than what we're starting to see a lot within our education system," Lee said. "Our schools should be a place for children to learn, to not feel like they are being""

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