Conservative state legislators refuse to repeal the laws and, in some cases, police occasionally still arrest people on the basis of them.
Supreme Court in 2003, but they are still on the books in 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia. In the United States, anti-sodomy laws were ruled unconstitutional by the U.S.
One user, named “WhiteRights,” even encouraged his online peers to make sure they’re burning it legally.Īfter starting a conversation called “Burn the Gay Flag on July 4th, 2015 Nation-wide,” WhiteRights posted instructions for how to make it happen. The comments came in response to an opinion piece posted on that first suggested using Saturday to protest the recent Supreme Court decision that struck down state bans on gay marriage.
Members of Stormfront - an online white supremacist forum - this week discussed plans to burn the gay pride flag on America’s Independence Day and encouraged other forum users to do the same. A time for patriotic Americans to set off fireworks, eat too many hot dogs, and … burn gay pride flags? That is, if you’re a homophobic white supremacist.