Fed Flies Rainbow Flag Over Richmond

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www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2011/jun/03/marshall-asks-richmond-fed-remove-rainbow-flag-hon-ar-1083565/

I personally have to support The Federal Reserve Bank, a private entity on this one, though I generally agree that the celebration of any and all individual groups vs. simply a celebration of America generally has been bothersome to me for some time.

Del. Robert G. Marshall, R-Prince William, is asking the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank to remove the rainbow flag flying below the American flag outside of the building, calling its presence “a serious deficiency of judgment by your organization, one not limited to social issues.”

In a letter to Richmond Fed President Jeffrey M. Lacker, Marshall says the homosexual behavior “celebrated” by the bank “undermines the American economy” and is a class six felony in Virginia.

“The Richmond Fed’s endorsement of costly, anti-social, immoral behavior is rejected by 6,000 years of Western Religious and moral teaching,” writes Marshall, who is among the General Assembly’s most conservative members and has long been outspoken on gay-rights issues. “You want the American people to trust your [judgment] in economic matters when your spokesperson celebrates an attack on public morals?”

Sally Green, the bank’s first vice president and chief operating officer, said earlier this week, “We are flying the pride flag as an example of our commitment to the values of acceptance and inclusion.”

The flag is being flown at the request of PRISM, a Richmond Fed group representing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees and allies.

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Looks like someone there screwed up and put the gay flag below the US flag...I'm sure they planned to have it the other way around...