Jul 27
I can’t go without commenting about this news item generated from my homeland. Apparently some Bed-and-Breakfast in small town Kansas has been flying a rainbow flag in front of their establishment completely oblivious to its gay & lesbian community meaning:
Knight says the local Meade newspaper is trying to put him out of business and was frustrated when it ran an article about the flag and did not even bother to contact him regarding why he put it up. In fact, most people we spoke to in Meade said they didn’t even know what the flag meant until the article ran. But once word got around, the reaction was harsh. Knight says the radio station has called him threatening to remove the restaurant’s commercials if he does not remove the flag. A local pastor stopped by said it was equivalent to hanging women’s panties on a flag pole. When Knight jokingly said he might consider that – the preacher said he would have him arrested.
sigh I’m so glad that I don’t live in KS any more, especially after a local red-neck equated gays to Nazi’s (comparing anything to a Nazi is, in my book, a last ditch effort that shows you know nothing of the subject to which you are speaking)
Local resident, Keith Klassen says the flag is a slap in the face to the conservative community of Meade. “To me it’s just like running up a Nazi flag in a Jewish neighborhood. I can’t walk into that establishment with that flag flying because to me that’s saying that I support what the flag stands for and I don’t,” says Klassen.
Le sigh. For full commentary see the post The Only Rainbow Flag in Kansas on Queerty, or read the full article on KBSD’s website if you like.
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