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Hamtramck city council ousts commissioners who raised LGBTQ+ flag
Hamtramck City Council voted unanimously this week to oust two appointed commissioners who raised an LGBTQ+ pride flag in defiance of a new law that banned the flying of the flags on city property.
The council also voted to strip the city's human relations commission of their authority to raise flags on city property.
"We expect people who are educated, who are community leaders, to follow the rules, whether you like it or not," Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said at a council meeting Tuesday night. "We expect people to respect law and order."
On Sunday, Russ Gordon, a member and chair of the human relations commission, and former Mayor Pro Tem Catrina Stackpoole, also a member of the commission, raised a 'progress pride' flag on a city flagpole above a public sidewalk on Joseph Campau Avenue, giving speeches in support of LGBTQ+ rights.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2023/07/12/hamtramck-city-council-removes-commissioners-who-flew-lgbtq-flag/70404532007/
The council also voted to strip the city's human relations commission of their authority to raise flags on city property.
"We expect people who are educated, who are community leaders, to follow the rules, whether you like it or not," Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib said at a council meeting Tuesday night. "We expect people to respect law and order."
On Sunday, Russ Gordon, a member and chair of the human relations commission, and former Mayor Pro Tem Catrina Stackpoole, also a member of the commission, raised a 'progress pride' flag on a city flagpole above a public sidewalk on Joseph Campau Avenue, giving speeches in support of LGBTQ+ rights.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2023/07/12/hamtramck-city-council-removes-commissioners-who-flew-lgbtq-flag/70404532007/
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