Leftists in California and online are crying out in anger after a Southern California city passed a resolution restricting the flags that can be flown on public land.
Huntington Beach, a city of about 200,000 people located about 55 miles south of Los Angeles, voted to approve the measure last week. Amendment of city charter The city would be limited to flying the flags of the United States, California, Orange County, City, Olympic, six branches of the Armed Forces, American MIA and POWs, and any other flags unanimously approved by the City Council. .
The amendment passed easily with 58% voting yes.of LA Times He noted that turnout was necessarily “low,” with only 23% of registered voters in the city voting.
Although the bill does not mention the Pride flag, many critics argue that it is the unspoken subject of the bill. “They said flatly that this is not about banning the Pride flag,” said City Councilman Dan Kalmick. “It’s all nonsense. Of course I’m talking about the Pride flag.”
Kalmik is a longtime California leftist who boasts: Government biography He said he has worked tirelessly to “expand housing options, promote equal rights for underrepresented groups, and tackle the city’s growing homelessness problem through a compassionate and results-oriented approach.”On social media he denounced: voter ID law And in September, he admitted driving two young children under the age of 5 to a pharmacy an hour away to pick up medication. new coronavirus vaccine booster.
Kalmik and others also noted that voters elected four conservative-leaning council members in 2022, in part in response to the council’s unanimous decision to fly the Pride flag throughout June in 2021. He seems angry. And in fact, all four City Council members whose terms expire in 2026, Mayor Tony Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Gracie Van der Mark, and City Council members Pat Burns and Casey McKeon, supported the amendment. I supported it.
“To me, it’s humiliating for LGBQ [sic] “Everyone has something that they can relate to, and I don’t think it’s the government’s place to start playing identity politics games like that,” Burns said recently.
in Editor The Los Angeles Times claimed that Huntington Beach sent a “MAGA message” filled with “hatred and intolerance” in passing flag and voter ID bills.
Peg Corey, executive director of the Orange County LGBTQ Center, similarly condemned voters’ choices. “The LGBTQ community is not a political statement or a special interest. We are people who want to live our lives free from the hatred and discrimination that exists,” Corey’s statement reads in part.
In response to the vote, LGBTQ+ activists even appeared to desecrate public property to clearly show their displeasure. A Southern California reporter shared photos with X showing Pride flags and the message “WE BELONG” spray-painted on the exterior of the city library and at a nearby intersection.
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