Posted on 06/17/2023 6:54:06 PM PDT by grundle
Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.
They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.
This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had – like many others being flown around the country – been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Muslim residents packing city hall erupted in cheers after the council’s unanimous vote, and on Hamtramck’s social media pages, the taunting has been relentless: “Fagless City”, read one post, emphasized with emojis of a bicep flexing.
In a tense monologue before the vote, Councilmember Mohammed Hassan shouted his justification at LGBTQ+ supporters: “I’m working for the people, what the majority of the people like.”
While Hamtramck is still viewed as a bastion of multiculturalism, the difficulties of local governance and living among neighbors with different cultural values quickly set in following the 2015 election. Some leaders and residents are now bitter political enemies engaged in a series of often vicious battles over the city’s direction, and the Pride flag controversy represents a crescendo in tension.
“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American. “We supported you when you were threatened, and now our rights are threatened, and you’re the one doing the threatening.”
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Ok, Democrats here’s your precious “democracy”.
Stupid liberals.
You really can’t make this crap up!
The Muzzies are going after the fags, time to invest in popcorn.
That’s all lefties are, blatantly stupid and ignorant.
Maybe they should next ban locking roof top access.
If these Tranny’s and Gays lived in a Muslim Country, they would have their hands
tied behind their backs and pushed off tall buildings.
Ha ha!
Bahahaha
The fools ain’t seen nothing yet. They don’t have enough muzzies to invoke the death penalty for the lrtyq+ “diversity” but give them a little time. It is coming for the useful idiots.
How stupid are liberals? This stupid.
There is no betrayal. It is Muslims being Muslims with the power of the law.
Muslims haven’t been tamed (the way Christians have for the most part) and their political “allies” are just starting to figure that out.
You knew they were snakes....
Oh just put on you burka and shut up Karen. And go back to you house. You don't belong in public meetings woman.
If Christian churches don’t rise ip to fight against the perverted globohomo scourge then expect a lot of Christians to convert to Islam.
Why did the scorpion sting the frog?
It’s a scorpion!
C’mon, Man!
Are there any tall buildings in Hamtramck?
Hispanics as well. Keep it up leftists.
But the town did not ban just pride flags. They passed a resolution that the ONLY flag that would fly in public buildings is the U.S. flag. Which is how it should be. The pride whiny babies just think they are more special than anyone else.
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