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jpkoushel t1_j5yq1ux wrote

Reply to comment by RefrigeratorRater in The new "district approved" stickers that Hanover teachers have to use because rainbows aren't allowed by Awrnawr

I know you're getting a lot of replies but I hope you have time to read this.

The reason that it's not a battle flag is because it's inherently not two-sided. If the sides were, "Nobody can be gay" and "Everybody has to be gay", you would have a valid point. However, that's not the case.

Right now the conflict is one side saying, "Nobody can be gay" but the opposition is just saying "It's okay to be gay and you should expect the same respect the rest of society gets by default".

If you're not gay that's fine. Nobody is excluding straight people from anything. People are just asking to be able to show support to a group that's currently and historically been given a hard time just for existing.

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RefrigeratorRater t1_j5ywsy7 wrote

I’m of the middle side where I just want people to be free to exist doing whatever but don’t want a political battle happening in school between the sides you mention. The absence of displaying a rainbow is not the absence of support for the meaning behind it, but it feels like that’s how people interpret it.

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jpkoushel t1_j5yy5j2 wrote

The side posting flags etc is the middle side. They're the ones saying be gay if you are and don't be if you're not. Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in anything they don't want to

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