The Idaho House voted to advance a new flag bill on Thursday, sending a bill to the Senate that serves as a revised effort from the legislature to bar the Pride flag from being flown in Boise.

House Bill 561, sponsored by Rep. Ted Hill, R-Eagle, expands upon House Bill 96, which was signed by Gov. Brad Little last April. That law prohibits government entities, including universities and public schools, from displaying flags other than the United States flag, the official flag of a governmental entity, the official flags of any states in the U.S., the official flags of any military branches, the POW/MIA flag, or the official flags of Indian tribes.

The bill considered on the House Floor on Thursday is an amended version of legislation Hill introduced to the House State Affairs Committee in February to tighten restrictions on which flags local governments could fly. Concerns raised by individuals who testified and by House members at the hearing led to the addition of several exceptions.

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[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 20 points 2 days ago

So it lays out directly that its "go away, f*gs" and not to be mistaken for anything else huh 😞

This hatred is so exhausting

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The amendment process further loosened the bill to allow flags or banners to be displayed on government-owned streetlights or property adjacent to streets or boulevards, so long as what is displayed is not “political, religious, or ideological in nature.” This change came after several House members questioned the bill's impact on their local communities.

Which flags are left that are not political, religious or ideological? Corporate flags?

[–] gloog@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

High school sports (plenty of towns put up flags or banners on their streetlights commemorating senior athletes), "generic" seasonal banners (this is definitely just "winter" and not Christmas, wink wink), some towns might put up flags for fairs or similar events on their streetlights. Generally things that might or might not technically count as flags, and aren't really not political but count as non-political to the people in charge of enforcing this proposal.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago

Basically anything political or ideological is anything I don't like

[–] bownage@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago

Palantir flag incoming

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago

Some Native American tribe should adopt the Pride Flag as one of its Tribe Flags. Pass a law or whatever these groups do for official business.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 9 points 2 days ago

So to be clear, if a state decided to have a new official flag, then it would be allowed to be flown? Same with if a tribe decided on a new flag?

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 8 points 2 days ago

What about the Italian peace flag? "PACE"

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I predict this well make someone millions of dollars in 1A violation money. Can't really ban a flag/banner.

It is funny how they want to ban a pride flag, but are fine with a Nazi flag. I suspect the Republican party is mostly made up of self loathing closet homosexuals.

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 2 days ago

It restricts what flags government entities can display, not the general public