MI: Nessel joins Hamtramck protest over city banning LGBTQ+ Pride flags [View all]

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Over 200 pro-LGBTQ+ people gathered outside of Hamtramck City Hall at Winfield Park Saturday to express dissent towards Hamtramck City Council’s recent decision to remove the LGBTQ+ flag from flying on city property.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel was among those in attendance, and opened up on the microphone, lambasting Mayor Amer Ghalib.

“I am not a stranger to you, I am not an agitator, I am your attorney general, and yes, I am also gay,” Nessel said. “ … I come here today to implore the government of the city of Hamtramck to repeal its resolution to ban the Pride flag. And to instead pledge to love, support and recognize the dignity and the value of all those who live, visit and do business with Hamtramck.”

Ghalib said this week that the city would not budge in the face of protesters after the all-Muslim City Council this month voted to ban the Pride flag from flying on city properties.

“In the coming days, you will notice strangers demonstrating in your city and disturbing the public peace by provoking you with their actions and behaviors,” Ghalib wrote on Facebook, claiming “they are trying to create chaos, division and disrupt security in the city.”



https://michiganadvance.com/2023/06/26/nessel-joins-hamtramck-protest-over-city-banning-lgbtq-pride-flags/