Gay Pride Flags Banned from Flying on U.S. Military Bases

GIKorea | June 9, 2021 | US Military | 2 Comments

Don’t expect to see any gay pride flags flying on U.S. military installations this month:

Capt. Rich Jarrett, commander of Fleet Activities Yokosuka, cuts a celebratory cake at a LGBT Pride Month cake-cutting ceremony on June 25, 2020. (Tetsuya Morita)

The Defense Department will not make an exception to its unauthorized-flag policy to allow military bases to fly rainbow flags for Pride month, chief Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Friday.
June is gay pride month, which supporters often mark with displays of rainbow flags. However, a July 16 Pentagon policy that banned the display of unofficial flags on military installations means the unauthorized Pride flag will not fly on bases this month, Kirby said.
“The department will maintain the existing policy from July of 2020 regarding the display or depiction of unofficial flags, so there won’t be an exception made this month for the Pride flag,” Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon.
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You can read more at the link, but I can understand why the Pentagon upheld this ban because who knows what other exceptions people may want in the future for other events. The article did say that the State Department is going to allow gay pride flags to fly this month though.