Schumer Bill Would Give Federal Protections to the Pride Flag
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(The Center Square) — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer has filed a bill to give the pride flag the same legal standing as the U.S. flag and military banners.
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The proposal, which faces long odds in the Republican-controlled Congress, comes in response to a simmering dispute over the Trump administration’s decision to remove an LGBTQ pride flag from Stonewall National Monument in New York City.
Schumer said Stonewall is “sacred ground and Congress must act now to permanently protect the Pride flag and what it stands for” by granting federal protections that would allow it to be flown outside government buildings, and National Park sites.
“Trump’s hateful crusade must end,” Schumer said in a statement. “The very core of American identity is liberty and justice for all – and that is what this legislation would protect: each national park’s ability to make their own decision about what flag can be flown.”
The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village is considered the birthplace of the modern LGBTQ rights movement. In 1969, a police raid at the gay bar sparked protests and skirmishes between rioters and police. Then-President Barack Obama designated the monument in 2016 during his second term.
The Interior Department quietly removed the flag about two weeks ago, citing a 2023 federal directive restricting the kinds of flags that can be flown on National Park sites. The department said only U.S. flags, historical flags, military flags, or flags of federally recognized Tribal nations can fly within the parks.
“Flagpoles at buildings under the jurisdiction, custody, or control of DOI are also not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public,” the agency said in a memo.
But Schumer and other New York Democrats accused the federal agency of trying “erase history” and gathered with LGBTQ activists at the monument on Thursday where they “re-raised” the rainbow flag.
While Trump hasn’t personally targeted the Stonewall monument in his public statements, critics say the flag removal is the latest example of the Trump administration’s efforts to purge federal institutions and landmarks of materials that conflict with the president’s political agenda.
Last year, the park service removed references to transgender and queer people on its web page for the Stonewall monument, drawing outrage from LGBTQ groups.
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, who joined other Democrats in re-raising the flag last week, is among those who support Schumer’s proposal. He said the legislation “protects our legacy, our dignity, and the generations who will look to Stonewall as proof that progress, once won, must be defended.”
“Authorizing the Pride flag in federal law is about more than symbolism, it’s about permanence,” he said in a statement. “It sends a clear message that LGBTQ+ history is not subject to political whims and that our visibility cannot be stripped away. Civil rights landmarks should not be vulnerable to shifting administrations.”
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This article was originally published at The Center Square. Photo Credit: Sophie Emeny on Unsplash.
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If Schumer says we are trying to erase history, I would suggest Remember Democraps tearing down confederate statues, removing ten commandments plaques, etc.
Open your eyes people it’s just another Diversion tactic Dems use to take focus away from important issues.
The demonic possessed demoncrats are again pushing satan’s evil agenda. The homosexuals are as evil as the muslims. They are not seeking God but satan. I pray that Jesus Christ protect us from satan’s evils and these demoncrats who continue to follow satan agenda. I trust in God. 🙏😇🙏❤️
Give the flag a clever biblical name, since the rainbow originated from God when he renewed his covenant with Noah and future generations after the flood. The Democrats don’t want to have anything to do with GOD, perhaps then they’ll change their mind??
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
And clever in their own sight!
— Isaiah 5:20-21
Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
— Isaiah 5:23
Holy, Holy, Lord, God Almighty, We “Your People Called By Your Name” take authority over the workers of iniquity; the enemies of the Word Of God; those who are against The Kingdom Of God and The Divine Sanctified Things Of God; by The Power Of The Holy Ghost, In Jesus Name. We pull down every strong hold; casting down every imagination; every high thing that exalt itself against the knowledge of .God; against the Holy Word Of God; The Commands / Instructions / Directions Of The Omnipotent God. Satan, we throw you down under our feet; we destroy / demolish your unrighteous evil works of the devil. We tear down your flag of sin; and all theories, reasons, and worldly systems of philosophy set forth to defy the Holy knowledge of God, Our Father In Jesus Name. We bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Jesus Christ, His Laws / Statutes / Commands, by taking every thought “captive to obey Christ” including every vain, evil ungodly action / mind-set/ suggestion, which is contrary to the Holy Virtue, Purity, Love, and Righteousness . . . for His Glory, Honor, Praise, Worship, In Jesus Name, Amen
Father we lift up to you Chuck Schumer we ask for his radical salvation and deliverance, freedom! We pray that his heart will turn to you and you will save him! we also ask that this legislation will fail and that your truth prevails. Thank you for president Trump standing up for biblical truths and for your word, we pray this in Jesus name Amen
Heavenly Father, we call upon Your word Genesis 9:11-17. The rainbow is the covenant You established between Yourself, man and every living creature, for ALL successive generations. You placed the rainbow in the sky, not on a man made pole. Your display is supernatural, while the liar is only trying to copy what You have already decreed. Let every deceiving word uttered, fall from listening ears and not be heard nor believed. Neither our hearts nor our knees bend to false teachings, but instead we stand on the “living” word of God. Bring in the lost and deceived that they might hear the good news of salvation thru Christ. Let the praise and worship of this nation be an arrow shot from coastline to coastline, border to border. as a sweet smelling aroma before Your Holy altar. In Jesus precious name. Amen.
We declare NO MORE giving up on the Word of God in this nation! God’s way is perfect and He made them male and female and declared that marriage is between ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN. This pride stuff is made up by man that are filled with the lies of the evil one. We defy and bind up satan when it comes to the laws, rules, and ways of this United States of America. We declare that God’s Word and Ways prevail over our nation and that In God We Trust!
We praise and thank you Lord for hearing our prayers and stopping this further evil in our nation. Amen
No surprise here. Lord Jesus, I ask that Your will prevails regarding the attempt on Sen. Schumer’s part to get this bill passed. It is truly symptomatic of how deranged and mislead that this man truly is. Lord Jesus, please, by Your mercy, bring it to pass that this bill Never becomes law. Thank You Jesus.
Something is seriously wrong with Schumer’s brain. Why would anyone ask for a status of protection at the federal level for any flag but Old Glory? This will never happen, the sane people of this country won’t stand for it.
Why was would we want to protect an ugly flag that represents a harmful and evil lifestyle? The original rainbow flag had a certain beauty in to it in my opinion; even the one that Corrupted God’s creation of the rainbow. But the addition of the transgender triangle makes a the flag ugly like the lifestyle it represents.
Dear God,, please open up the eyes of the gender confused and those who support them. May they come repent and find true freedom in Jesus Christ. Protect the rest of us from their violence and hatred. Amen
Schumer needs to go. He has become senile and a threat to our republic!
somewhere along the way (back in the 1962 when prayer was removed from our schools?) we have allowed a Pandora’s box to open to such an extent that what was once reprehensible is not only tolerated but extolled as the new normal, while those who oppose such things are labeled in many derogatory terms (shades of Isaiah 5:20!)
“Father, we thank You for Your Sovereign purpose in and through all this. We praise You that You are all we need to live uprightly during such times. We acknowledge that this current evil has not taken You by surprise and that You have already decreed its destruction through our blessed Lord and soon coming King, Jesus, Emmanuel (1 John 3:8). Therefore show us how to pray while witnessing to the Truth.” AMEN
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Father, we are pleading with You, to stop this proposal oh Schumer.
His proposal goes against Your Word. To promote a flag that celebrates a group of people who have bought a lie from the enemy and disregards Your Word again leaves room for the enemy to cone in! Let Your righteousness be the foundation that You intended!
“We are not fighting against flesh and blood enemies but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against powers in this dark world and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.” Therefore put on the full armor of God and stand ground. Our weapons have divine power to demolish strong holds and every presumption against the knowledge of God. Take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ.
Christ in us the hope of glory and greater is HE than he who is in the world.
May God be glorified in these cities and our nation unlike ever before. Holy Spirit come and manifest your presence and power and reveal the majesty and rule of our king . KING JESUS and HIS kingdom. Our nation belongs to HIM. .
We repent of allowing these demons and demonic beings to deceive and infiltrate. We call on the army of angels of the most high God to come and fight against these demonic entities on our behalf and for those in deception to to break free of all lies and strongholds and repent with Godly sorrow that they receive their forgiveness , mercy and grace from our Lord Jesus and surrender their lives to HIM.
I proclaim the plans of the enemy be reversed and for revival to come and bring many to Christ. In Jesus name
it’s true that the Republicans are bad but the Democrats are absolutely evil. May God have mercy on them
I’m noticing more people’s eyes being opened, the scales coming off. Let them have a change of heart. Satan is the one who wants to DIVIDE. I look forward to us being “ONE Nation under GOD”
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance” (Psalm 33:12 NKJV).