Conservatives, for the most part, do not. The left understands this, which is why they push for the pride flag’s ubiquity. The flag is a fundamentally political symbol. Hodges and the subsequent capitulation of the GOP several years later enshrining Obergefell in federal law, the White House, the literal center and symbol of American regime power, festooned itself in the colors of the pride flag. It is no accident that after the left’s gay marriage victory in Obergefell v. Rather, it is a demand that we worship new gods and new rulers. Whatever the professed intensions of some individuals who fly it, the public meaning of the pride flag, and in particular the public meaning of flying a pride flag at the centers of government power, is not a demand for tolerance. The transgressive has become not just mainstream, but the establishment itself. They fly from the flagpoles of our embassies, over our cabinet departments, at the FBI, and even decorating the White House. Once exclusive province of gay ghettos like San Francisco’s Castro District, you can now find pride flags everywhere in a bewildering variety of colors and patterns. The pride flag has quickly become one of America’s national symbols.
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