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2019-06-12 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
U.S. embassies defying Trump admin by flying ‘gay pride’ flag: ‘This is category one insurrection’
[THENATIONALSENTINEL] The U.S. diplomatic corps, much of which hails from far-Left Ivy League institutions, has been the most defiant when it comes to obeying POTUS Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
’s policies, as evident by the fact that several American embassies have hoisted the "gay pride" rainbow flag in defiance of the president.

After the Trump administration formally denied requests from multiple United States embassies to hoist the LGBT flag in honor of "Pride Month," several of them, along with other diplomatic missions, are doing it anyway.

As reported by the Washington Post, several U.S. embassies are finding ways to either defy or show opposition to, the White House’s instructions:

The facades of the U.S. missions in Seoul and Chennai, India, are partially hidden behind large rainbow flags, while the embassy in New Delhi is aglow in rainbow colored lights. The website for the embassy in Santiago, Chile, shows a video of the chief diplomat raising a rainbow flag last month for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

The Vienna embassy’s website features a photo of a rainbow flag flying below Old Glory on a mast jutting from the building, a statement by Diplomats for Equality and a story about a professor lecturing on the visibility and growth of LGBT rights.

"This is a category one insurrection," one anonymous diplomat told The Post.

Previous reports noted that a number of American embassies ‐ in Germany, Brazil, Israel, and Latvia, among others ‐ wanted permission to honor "Pride Month" by hoisting rainbow flags, but the White House denied the requests.

Spooks do the same - see this tweet:

Posted by Fred 2019-06-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11148 views ]  Top

#1 The president can recall them.
Posted by 49 Pan 2019-06-12 00:29||   2019-06-12 00:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Say nothing, shuttter them and transfer the AMBO to a friendly, third country facility. Transfer the staff to embassies in the ME or Foggy Bottom.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-06-12 00:33||   2019-06-12 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Note to the jeft. Play with fire you will get incinerated.
Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-06-12 01:27||   2019-06-12 01:27|| Front Page Top

#4  Hadn't he appointed these ambassadors after recalling the earlier ones ?

Maybe he's waiting to win a second term before putting such swine away. He's guaranteed a second term by now. But I wish that he would actually do something about all the treason around him.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-12 02:12||   2019-06-12 02:12|| Front Page Top

#5 They openly admit committing an act of insurrection, throw them in jail under that law, ensure each one gets a FULL IRS audit and any IRS agent that refuses gets the same treatment.
Posted by Silentbrick 2019-06-12 05:35||   2019-06-12 05:35|| Front Page Top

#6 It always seems that those in the foreign office hate their own country most.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-06-12 06:21||   2019-06-12 06:21|| Front Page Top

#7 Not having the skills personally I hope someone comes up with a straight pride flag.
Posted by Uleck Spererong9442 2019-06-12 06:43||   2019-06-12 06:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Pence calls US ban on flying LGBTQ flags from embassies 'the right decision'
Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-12 06:51||   2019-06-12 06:51|| Front Page Top

#9 The turd pushers? How many divisions do they have?
Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2019-06-12 08:15||   2019-06-12 08:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Fire them all.
Posted by DarthVader 2019-06-12 08:40||   2019-06-12 08:40|| Front Page Top

#11 Ambassadors serve at the convenience of the President. He can fire them at will.
Posted by Chereting Pelosi1889 2019-06-12 08:51||   2019-06-12 08:51|| Front Page Top

#12 What's queer, is there are a couple geographic regions not mentioned.
Posted by swksvolFF 2019-06-12 10:57||   2019-06-12 10:57|| Front Page Top

#13 He probably said not to fly the flags because it encites the livable Muslims that like to kill homosexuals. Any gays or diplomats killed as a result of this should lead to charges against those that disobeyed orders. Otherwise ignore the thing.
Posted by Rjschwarz 2019-06-12 11:53||   2019-06-12 11:53|| Front Page Top

#14 An invitation for all other groups to request their flag be flown. Keep it simple, just fly the U.S. flag on the official flag pole. My understanding is that the Gay Pride flag can still be flown but inside the embassy.
Posted by JohnQC 2019-06-12 11:56||   2019-06-12 11:56|| Front Page Top

#15 That’s lovable Muslim, seems autocorrect didn’t think my jest was likely.
Posted by Rjschwarz 2019-06-12 11:56||   2019-06-12 11:56|| Front Page Top

#16 This is a good excuse to do some more draining of the swamp.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-06-12 12:21||   2019-06-12 12:21|| Front Page Top

#17 seems autocorrect didn’t think my jest was likely.

Why do you think it was unintentional?
Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-12 15:09||   2019-06-12 15:09|| Front Page Top

#18 I would think autocorrect would jump at the saying lovable Muslims, that's all.
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-06-12 19:08||   2019-06-12 19:08|| Front Page Top

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