Marco Rubio’s State Department Bans Pride, BLM Flags at Embassies and Outposts
One of the State Department’s first actions after the Senate confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio was to bar pride and Black Lives Matter flags at embassies and outposts.
Flying a flag other than Old Glory became a point of contention during the Biden administration, which permitted woke flags to be flown in foreign countries that opposed wokism.
The Free Beacon’s Adam Kredo reported:
The Biden White House also allowed the State Department to fly an assortment of pride flags alongside the official American banner, drawing outrage among Republicans in Congress.
In June 2021, for instance, the U.S. embassy in Nassau “raised the rainbow Pride Flag to honor the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons in The Bahamas and around the world,” the State Department said in an announcement at the time.
The raising of the flag marked the U.S. government’s official observance of “pride month” in June. “The widely recognized rainbow flag,” the State Department said, “will fly from the flagpole of the U.S. Embassy in Downtown Nassau, and at the Chief of Mission Residence on Sanford Road.”
Under the name “One Flag Policy,” any employee who violates Rubio’s new policy will “face disciplinary action, including termination of employment or contract, or reassignment to their home agency,” the state department order stated, reported by the Free Beacon.
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