Our Favorite Good News Story Of The Day: Do You Have A Flag?

To work around the fuckery of the anti-DEI hysteria, in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags to be displayed at schools and government buildings, the capitals of Utah and Idaho adopted new official city flags on Tuesday. This is a brilliant response after the Republican Party has been ostracizing groups of Americans.

The New York Times reports:

The state measures were seen by civil rights groups as efforts to prevent the display of flags supporting L.G.B.T.Q. people. The City Council in Salt Lake City approved three new flags: one with the rainbow colors of the Pride flag, a second with the pink and blue of the transgender Pride flag and a third with a symbol and date referring to the Juneteenth holiday that commemorates the end of slavery. Each flag also includes the sego lily, a city symbol.

In Boise, the City Council designated the rainbow Pride flag and a flag promoting organ donation as official city flags.

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