Hamtramck’s all-Muslim council unanimously voted for the ban, which only applies to public flagpoles, with businesses and citizens still allow to fly the flags.
An all-Muslim city council in suburban Detroit has unanimously voted to ban LGBTQ+ flags from city property.
It only applies to city flagpoles, and businesses and residents can still fly other flags on their own property. Pride flags are still allowed on private property, such as this one proudly put on display at Planet Ant Theatre in protest at the vote.Hamtramck’s first Muslim Mayor, Amer Ghalib, had made it a campaign issue after a pride flag was flown on city property in 2021.
“We want to respect the religious rights of our citizens,” Choudhury said of the Detroit-area enclave’s 20,000 residents, more than 40% of whom were not born in the US. Most are of Yemeni or Bangladeshi descent.The city councilman who sponsored the resolution, Mohammed Hassan, denied it was bigoted.
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