Bill banning Pride flag passes House
cdapress.com
A key addition to House Bill 561 is a carve out for the Basque autonomous community flag after public testimony highlighted the bill allowed only “official flags of countries other than the United States” to be flown on special occasions. Under prior language, Boise, as well as any other city or county in Idaho, would have been barred from flying the Basque flag as is historically done during Jaialdi celebrations.

The Idaho House voted to advance a new flag bill on Thursday, sending a bill to the Senate that serves as a revised effort from the legislature to bar the Pride flag from being flown in Boise.

House Bill 561, sponsored by Rep. Ted Hill, R-Eagle, expands upon House Bill 96, which was signed by Gov. Brad Little last April. That law prohibits government entities, including universities and public schools, from displaying flags other than the United States flag, the official flag of a governmental entity, the official flags of any states in the U.S., the official flags of any military branches, the POW/MIA flag, or the official flags of Indian tribes.

The bill considered on the House Floor on Thursday is an amended version of legislation Hill introduced to the House State Affairs Committee in February to tighten restrictions on which flags local governments could fly. Concerns raised by individuals who testified and by House members at the hearing led to the addition of several exceptions.

  • Wilco@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    I predict this well make someone millions of dollars in 1A violation money. Can’t really ban a flag/banner.

    It is funny how they want to ban a pride flag, but are fine with a Nazi flag. I suspect the Republican party is mostly made up of self loathing closet homosexuals.