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June is Pride Month and an illegal flag displayed outside of Pennsylvania Capitol on Tuesday marked the occasion. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman chose to mark the beginning of this month celebrating LGBTQ culture and rights by once again, displaying a Pride flag on the balcony of his state Capitol office, despite knowing a law exists prohibiting it. A law passed in 2020 bars the display of any flag other than the American, Pennsylvania or POW/MIA flags on the exterior of the Pennsylvania Capitol.
Fettermans flag was confiscated by Department of General Services employees over the lunch hour while staffers were at lunch, said Christina Kauffman, Fettermans spokeswoman. She said he has made it clear he intends to replace it with another one.
The LGBTQIA+ flags that I fly from my office are technically breaking a law, he said in a statement. Yet, Pennsylvania law does not explicitly protect the LGBTQIA+ community from discrimination. This must change. We must never stop pushing for equal protection under the law in Pennsylvania and across the country.
Fetterman, who officiated the first same sex marriage in Allegheny County in 2013 when it was still banned in this state, said the way to get him to stop displaying his flags is for the General Assembly to pass laws ... extending the states anti-discrimination protections to the LGBTQIA+ community.
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Saboburns
(2,807 posts)We need more like him.
Fearless.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Sympthsical
(9,104 posts)His general awesomeness on LGBT issues, or the fact that his official portrait involves that shirt.
His crops of fuck were harvested long ago.
Haggard Celine
(16,855 posts)Hope he goes far in politics.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I think he plans to run for Senate.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)He's running to take Toomey's seat. Toomey's is not seeking re-election.
Butterflylady
(3,547 posts)Every time he did, someone took it down. Every time they took it down he put another one up. This guy is one hell of a fighter. He will be PA's next senator.