President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion spending bill into law Saturday but not without regrets, as the White House blasted a provision tucked inside the legislation that will prevent his State Department from flying Black Lives Matter or gay pride flags at foreign embassies.

Democrats literally put BLM and LGBTQ over America, what a surprise

  • Ledivin@lemmy.world
    171·
    7 months ago

    Democrats literally put BLM and LGBTQ over America, what a surprise

    …how so? They passed the budget, didn’t they? Isn’t this literally the opposite of what you’re saying?

    • nocturne@sopuli.xyz
      101·
      7 months ago

      From the article:

      It was one of a handful of provisions Republicans managed to secure in the massive spending bill to roll back what they see as an overbearing “woke” agenda by the Biden administration. Gay rights groups said Democrats successfully blocked dozens of provisions that specifically targeted the LGBT community.

      I fail to see how the op thinks Dems did this, other than they did not block the bill.

    • intensely_human
      53·
      7 months ago

      You think putting up an LGBTQ flag is because they’re scared of gays?

  • SpeedLimit55@lemmy.world
    814·
    7 months ago

    “The ban applies to all State Department buildings and all flags other than a select list that includes the American flag and state, tribal and territorial banners, federal agencies and the POW-MIA flag.”

    This is the way it should be