The progress pride flag will fly from the Oak Bluffs town hall as planned next month, but a new policy will set strict rules for the future about non-governmental flags being flown from town properties.
The progress pride flag will fly from the Oak Bluffs town hall as planned next month, but a new policy adopted by the select board last week will set strict rules for the future about non-governmental flags being flown from town properties.
Under the new policy, only the American flag, Massachusetts flag, Oak Bluffs flag, POW-MIA flag and military flags will be permitted on town flagpoles.
“Third party flags are not going to be flown,” town administrator Deborah Potter said in an email to the Gazette, further explaining the new policy, which was adopted by the board last Tuesday on an interim basis.
At the same meeting the board upheld it April 26 decision allowing the progress pride flag to fly in Ocean Park for the first two weeks of June.
The progress pride flag is an LGBTQ+ pride flag that includes stripes for people of color and transgender members of the LGBTQ community.
“The board decided to allow the pride progress flag to fly as they approved on April 26, as that approval occurred prior to the implementation of the new policy,” Ms. Potter wrote.
— Aidan Pollard
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At last reason prevails. Town
Carol Oak Bluffs/NYCAt last reason prevails. Town means town. OB in the Commonwealth, in the United States. Not affinity flags for every group, nation, or idea that comes up. It is not an art contest or special interest support group. It is a flagpole on Town property. Thank you. And of course, people can fly what they want on their property!
Well said. People can do
John Aldeborgh KatamaWell said. People can do whatever they choose on their own property. As for the Town(s), the new policy is exactly correct. No special interest group should get preferential treatment or priority, it’s not the Town’s purview to appear to represent any one group.
There are national flags and
D Hodsdon VHThere are national flags and specialty seeking flags. I for one agree that your private yard is where you should display your individualism. Town property be it land or vehical is paid for by the taxpayer not just individuals with an agenda. Keep those areas free from controversy.
Let's support those markers that we want to, but be united that we also support our friends and neighbors to think independently
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