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This Utah school district has banned LGBTQ Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, saying they are ‘politically charged’

A Utah school district has landed in the middle of the classroom culture war after explicitly banning LGBTQ pride flags and Black Lives Matter flags from being displayed in any of its buildings. The spokesman for Davis School District in northern Utah says that administrators there believe the symbols have become too “politically charged.” And they want schools to remain “neutral” on all issues. “So no flags fly in our schools except for the flag of the United States of America,” said spokesman Chris Williams. (He later clarified that some schools have flags from sports team or international countries that ...

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School district suddenly begins banning Pride flags as “politically charged” symbols

A Utah school district is banning Pride flags under the guise of a state-mandated policy that requires districts to keep classrooms “politically neutral.” Despite the fact that the Utah state Department of Education doesn’t specifically consider Pride flags or rainbow symbols to be political, and the fact that no known incidents involving a Pride flag or rainbow symbol could be pointed to, the Davis School District is claiming that it is “required” to ban Pride flags along with Black Lives Matter, “Make America Great Again,” and other flags, stickers or symbols of a “political” nature. “No flags fly in our ...

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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/09...ning-pride-flags-politically-charged-symbols/

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Utah school district bans ‘politically charged’ Pride flag from classrooms

A school district in Utah has banned Pride flags from classrooms, claiming that they are as “politically charged” as “Make America Great Again” flags. Davis School District also banned the display of Black Lives Matter flags in order to remain “neutral,” district spokesman Chris Williams told the Salt Lake Tribune. Williams said, “No flags fly in our schools except for the flag of the United States of America,” although he added that flags for sports teams and international countries would be allowed. The district argues that the ban is part of efforts to comply with Utah state law, which requires ...

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https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/09...litically-charged-pride-flag-from-classrooms/

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