LGBT activists are furious because the Trump administration removed a large rainbow flag that flew over the Stonewall Inn in lower Manhattan, the site of the 1969 riots that launched the gay-rights movement.
“The National Park Service, the federal agency overseeing U.S. national monuments, said that it managed the flagpole at the monument and that the flag had been removed to ensure a ‘longstanding policy’ was applied consistently across its sites,”Reutersreported Tuesday.
The removal was done in accordance with aJan. 21 memofrom the Department of the Interior, which stated that only the U.S. flag, DOI flags, and POW (Prisoner of War) flags can be displayed in public spaces managed by the National Park Service.
“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 memo stated.
In other words, federal properties are not propaganda vehicles that should be flippantly weaponized by special-interest groups to push partisan agendas.
This makes sense, since allowing one group to display its flag can trigger other groups to demand their flags also be flown at federally managed public spaces.
The rainbow flag — which celebrates the LGBT community — represents roughly9 percentof the U.S. population, according to the Gallup organization.
One could argue that the other 91 percent of the nation might feel alienated that an exception was made only for homosexuals.
The Pride Flag does not represent all Americans. It represents a fraction of Americans. Flags on government property should represent all people. The only flag at a national monument, should be this one.pic.twitter.com/k8OU95AE9r
— Random Thought (@RNDTHOT)February 11, 2026
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