GOP bill says only the American flag can fly over US embassies: No more pride, BLM flags

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://news.yahoo.com/gop-bill-says-only-american-201355009.html

House Republicans this week introduced legislation that would prohibit
flags other than the American flag from being flown over U.S. diplomatic
and consular posts, after the Biden administration allowed pride flags and
Black Lives Matter flags to be flown from U.S. embassies.

The Old Glory Only Act, from Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, is aimed
at pushing back at what Republicans say is the politicization of U.S.
embassies by the Biden administration.

"Our beautiful flag, Old Glory, should be the only flag flying and
representing our country over our diplomatic and consular posts
worldwide," Duncan said this week. "The American flag is a beacon of
liberty, and no other flag or symbol better portrays our shared values
than the Stars and Stripes."

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"It is important to ensure that Old Glory only is flown at American
embassies to represent our ideals abroad," he said. A congressional aide
said there have been no specific talks yet about passing the bill, but
Republicans are optimistic the new GOP leadership will be open to holding
a vote in light of broad GOP support for the idea.

The push to fly the rainbow pride flag started in 2014, under the Obama
administration. The pride flag has flown over the embassies in more than a
dozen countries since then, including Russia, Spain, Sweden and South
Korea.

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The Black Lives Matter flag has been flown at U.S. embassies in Brazil,
Greece, Spain, Bosnia, Cambodia and South Korea, according to Duncan’s
office.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo banned the flying of these flags, but that
decision was reversed under the Biden administration. In April 2021,
Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized embassies and consulates to
fly the rainbow pride flag.

He approved the change just before May 17, the International Day Against
Homophobia and Transphobia, and said embassy leaders can make the call on
whether flying a pride flag is "appropriate in light of local conditions."

One month later, Blinken indicated support for allowing embassies to fly
Black Lives Matter flags on the anniversary of the death of George Floyd.
A leaked memo from the State Department said it "supports the use of the
term ‘Black Lives Matter,’" and said it authorizes officials to "display
the BLM flag on the external-facing flagpole to any Chiefs of Mission who
determine such a display is appropriate in light of local conditions."

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Those decisions led to Republican criticism that flying anything other
than the American flag was a political statement that shouldn’t be made by
official U.S. embassies.

In 2021, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York proposed similar legislation
to ban the use of other flags, and said the Biden administration was
allowing the display of "inherently political flags that are in no way
affiliated with the U.S. government."


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