By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
The decision to fly a rainbow flag in honor of homosexuality in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Virginia has generated a flood of complaints from angry citizens.
According to WorldNetDaily.com (WND), Bank spokesman Jim Strader said the “pride flag is flying at our bank as a symbol of our commitment to diversity and inclusion” and to celebrate the president’s proclamation of June as national LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Pride month. He said bank managers got a request from “an employee group” and the request to fly the flag was approved.
However, the decision is causing outrage among the public and condemnation by state Delegate Bob Marshall who is demanding that the flag be removed.
“Flying the homosexual flag just under the American flag outside Richmond’s Federal Reserve Bank building is a serious deficiency of judgment by your organization,” Marshall wrote to Bank president Jeffrey M. Lacker.
Federal Reserve policies are supposed to “contribute to the strength and vitality of the U.S. economy,” he wrote, but “a flagpole in front of a federal building is not a commercial or political message board. . . . What does flying the homosexual flag, or any other similar display, have to do with your central banking mission under the Federal Reserve Act passed by Congress?”
He continued: “The Richmond Fed’s endorsement of costly, anti-social, immoral behavior is rejected by 6,000 years of Western religious and moral teaching. You want the American people to trust your judgment in economic matters when your spokesperson celebrates an attack on public morals? Why?”
Marshall goes on to point out that “the homosexual behavior celebrated by your Richmond’s federal reserve spokeswoman undermines the American economy, is a class six felony in Virginia . . . shortens lives, adds significantly to illness, increases health costs, promotes venereal diseases, and worsens the population imbalance relating to the number workers supporting the beneficiaries of America’s Social Security and Medicare programs.”
WND is reporting that when asked if the bank would be willing to allow their flagpole to be used by other special interest groups, Strader replied: “I can’t comment on that.”
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