The Pentagon should ensure it is authorized, or as President, I will. The Pentagon should ensure it is authorized, or as President, I will,” Biden tweeted in June 2020.īanning the Confederate flag from military installations was long overdue.īanning the LGBTQ Pride flag - the very symbol of diversity and inclusion - is undeniably wrong. Banning the LGBTQ Pride flag - the very symbol of diversity and inclusion - is undeniably wrong. “Banning the Confederate flag from military installations was long overdue. Biden went the extra step to promise that under his watch such a ban would be reversed. The ban was first put into place in 2020 by President Trump’s Defense Secretary Mark Esper and was roundly criticized at the time by journalists and other leftwing activists. At the time Esper said, “The flags we fly must accord with the military imperatives of good order and discipline, treating all our people with dignity and respect, and rejecting divisive symbols.” The measure was a way to ensure that Confederate flags not be flown at military bases, but the broad wording also included the Pride flag.Īt the time, the Trump administration was blasted for the ban and Joe Biden, the then-presumptive Democrat presidential nominee, tweeted out support for allowing the Pride flag to be displayed.
Liberal media outlets and LGBT activists have remained silent on a Biden administration decision to keep in place a regulation banning the display of gay Pride flags at the Pentagon and other Department of Defense buildings.