Utah State Rep. Trevor Lee proposed new legislation to ban pride flags in public schools and in any government building or on any government property. But…under the fascist’s new bill, approved flags for display in government buildings and schools would include the Utah state and U.S. flags, military flags, flags for other countries, flags for Native American tribes and official flags for colleges and universities. The bill also allows for the flying of a “historic version of a flag … that is temporarily displayed for educational purposes,” which Lee, R-Layton, said would include the Confederate and Nazi flags.
“We are starting to see increasingly more hostile-type interactions between different political factions that we have within our society, and that is no different than what we’re starting to see a lot within our education system,” Lee said while presenting the bill to the committee Thursday. “Our schools should be a place for children to learn, to not feel like they are being pushed or seen as agendas in one way other another as it pertains to political beliefs.”
Millie Dworkin, a senior at Salt Lake Center for Science Education, said during public testimony:
“This ban is unconstitutional and only serves as a means of control over the people. “You all argue semantics, but you all know this is wrong and immoral. Queer people commit suicide at a higher rate than everybody else. … This is not because they are inherently prone to commit suicide due to their sexual orientation or gender identity. It is because of how they are treated. If you pass this, you will have queer blood on your hands.”
