Residents of the Detroit-area community of Hamtramck have been banned from displaying LGBT flags on public property following a unanimous vote by the City Council on June 13.
City officials voted to approve a resolution on flags introduced by City Councilman Mohammed Hassan, following a lengthy debate focusing on religious and political freedoms and discrimination.
The resolution (pdf), to “Maintain and Confirm the Neutrality of the City of Hamtramck Towards Its Residents,” states that the city “must and will serve and treat its residents equally, with no discrimination, or special treatment to any group of people.”
“Each religious, ethnic, racial, political, or sexually-oriented group is already represented by the country it belongs to; and the City does not want to open the door for radical or racist groups to ask for their flags to be flown,” it states….