The Huntington Beach City Council will vote Feb. 7 on whether city facilities can only display flags representing the city, county, state, or prisoners of war or those missing in military action.
There have been accusations the issue is in response to an LGBT flag flown at city facilities during Pride Month in June of 2021. However, Councilman Pat Burns, who brought forth the motion, said that is not the case.
“I don’t like divisiveness like those flags that segregate equal members of society from others,” Burns told The Epoch Times. “I think it’s demeaning, sad, and divisive.”
According to Burns, he has family members who are gay and the goal of the ordinance has been misportrayed by some….