Minutes before he was supposed to raise a pride flag at city hall, a mayor refused to do it
Minutes before he was supposed to raise a pride flag at city hall, a mayor refused to do it
But he promises that he has no prejudice against LGBTQ people "in my blood."
By Alex Bollinger Wednesday, July 17, 2019
A Pennsylvania mayor has come under fire for calling the rainbow flag a political symbol.
Wally Scott is the mayor of Reading, a city of around 90,000. On Monday, the rainbow flag was supposed to be raised in front of Readings City Hall to start the citys week-long Pride festivities.
But, at the last minute, Scott called City Council president Jeffrey Waltman to ban the flag from flying in front of City Hall. Waltman tried to convince him to reconsider, but he was not successful.
Its strictly, to me, a movement, Scott said. And I dont believe we should take part in any movement. I never put anything that was a movement up on the flag poles.
Im just not part of that and dont think we should be, he said.
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