Re: Schumer pushes bill to give Pride flag same status as US, military flags

On 16 Feb 2026, Bob the polyp <[email protected]> posted some
news:[email protected]: 

> If you have seen pics of his wife I guess it's understandable why he'd
> be kneeling at the alter of 10% of the population.
> 
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> Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making a push to have
> the Pride flag considered on the same level as the U.S. flag in the
> eyes of the federal government.

Considering Democrats use the American flag for asswipe, that's not much 
of a change.

> Schumer announced plans to introduce legislation that would make the 
> flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ movement, a congressionally authorized
> flag. The distinction would enshrine the flag with similar protections
> as the U.S. flag, military flags, POW/MIA flags and others recognized
> by Congress. 
> 
> His move comes after the Trump administration removed a Pride flag
> from a national monument outside the Stonewall Inn earlier this month.
> A clash between police and patrons at a gay bar in the 1960s is widely
> considered the birth of the gay rights movement.
> 
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> TRUMP ADMIN RIPS MAMDANI, LOCAL DEMS AS ACTIVISTS OVERRIDE GOV'T MOVE
> AT NYC MONUMENT: 'FOCUSED ON THEATRICS'
> 
>   Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
> Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to introduce 
> legislation that would congressionally authorize Pride flags, giving
> the symbol of the LGBTQ community the same legal protection as the
> U.S. flag. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)
> "Stonewall is sacred ground and Congress must act now to permanently 
> protect the Pride flag and what it stands for," Schumer said.
> "Trump’s hateful crusade must end."
> 
> The flag has since been reinstalled atop the pole outside the
> Stonewall Inn, and Schumer's legislative push would prevent it from
> being taken down in the future.
> 
> President Donald Trump has not explicitly targeted the Pride flag but 
> previously signed an executive order restricting what types of flags
> may be displayed on federal property to ensure only the U.S. flag is 
> prominently flown.
> 
> SCHUMER SAYS DEMS WILL FIGHT VOTER ID PUSH 'TOOTH AND NAIL,' BALKS AT 
> DHS ROLE IN ELECTIONS
> 
>   New York officials raise Pride flag at Stonewall Inn
> Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to congressionally
> authorize the Pride flag after it was taken down by the Trump 
> administration at the Stonewall National Monument. (Spencer
> Platt/Getty Images)
> The Pride flag was taken down from the monument following an internal 
> memo from the Department of the Interior ordering "non-agency" flags
> at national parks be removed.
> 
> The directive, signed by National Park Service Acting Director Jessica
> Bowron in late January, included certain exceptions to the rule, 
> including historical flags, military flags and federally recognized 
> flags from tribal nations.
> 
> 
> COLLINS BOOSTS REPUBLICAN VOTER ID EFFORT, BUT WON’T SCRAP
> FILIBUSTER 
> 
>   President Donald Trump speaks to reporters
> President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South
> Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, Feb.
> 13, 2026. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
> The Stonewall National Monument, first designated by former President 
> Barack Obama in 2016, falls under the agency’s supervision. The
> Pride flag atop a large flagpole outside the famous gay bar did not
> fall under the list of protected flags and pennants.
> 
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> "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 its own decision about what flag can be
> flown," Schumer said. "Attempts to hurt New York and the LGBTQ
> community simply won’t fly, but the Stonewall Pride flag always
> will." 
> 
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> https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-pushes-bill-give-pride-flag-sa
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Schumer could drop dead any day now.