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Pride flag moved in Matlock after Christian bookshop complaint (www.bbc.com)
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[-] gid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago

It sounds like the council received a veiled threat:

Matlock Town Council said it had received communication that the rainbow flag could be "forcibly removed" from outside Cornerstone Christian Bookshop in Dale Road, so action was taken to relocate the flag to another central location to avoid confrontation or damage.

The council said the decision was "purely from a health and safety standpoint" and it stood in "full support of the LGBTQIA+ community".

Stay classy, Christians ๐Ÿ–•๐Ÿป

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 13 points 1 month ago

Sounds like they should have put up 4 more instead. Fuck instigators like that.

[-] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I may stand outside festooned in rainbows and snogging random women

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