The Newcastle City Council voted against raising a pride flag outside city hall for Pride Month, with the mayor saying the flag isn't inclusive enough.
June is Pride Month. For the 12th year, the city of Seattle raised the LGBTQ+ pride flag in front of city hall. "This is something our entire city takes pride in," Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell said. "When we talk about pride, it’s a pride in the pain we overcome as a community." This is also the 50th anniversary of Seattle Pride. But as Seattle celebrates pride, in Newcastle, the city council voted against raising the pride flag at its city hall.
"If we start raising flags we got to raise everybody, we want a Hamas flag flying over, you know, the city of Newcastle or MAGA flag? How about a Trump flag or an Antifa flag? We're not going there folks, not while I’m the mayor, I’m sorry, so this is already an inclusive city with an inclusive flag that flies 24/7 over our city, we include everybody," said Mayor Robert Clark during the June 4 city council meeting.
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