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Related: About this forumProtesters stage Hamtramck rally after city banned Pride flags
(Detroit Metro Times) LGBTQ+ residents and allies plan to converge on Hamtramck City Hall on Saturday afternoon to protest the all-male, Muslim city councils decision to ban the Pride flag from all city properties.
In response, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib on Sunday pledged the city would not budge and baselessly suggested the protesters were outside agitators.
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.
Ghalib added, Be confident that your government will not back down from its positions not even one step, no matter the pressure and threats from who was young or old on the street was or a government official, and will continue to serve everyone equally and not give special privileges to anyone at the expense of anyone. ...........(more)
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/protesters-stage-hamtramck-rally-after-city-banned-pride-flags-33409517
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Protesters stage Hamtramck rally after city banned Pride flags (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2023
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Lovie777
(14,788 posts)1. Wait until the RWers Christians come to support................
the ones that hate your guts.
gay texan
(2,833 posts)2. How to lose an election
Made E-Z
jimfields33
(18,538 posts)3. Almost 75% of Bangladeshi Michiganders live in Hamtramck.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamtramck,_Michigan#:~:text=Almost%2075%25%20of%20Bangladeshi%20Michiganders%20live%20in%20Hamtramck.
Its possible but it depends on how the electorate looks at this. Do the voters agree or disagree with the city. And are the ones protesting from the city? Its definitely a way to see which way this goes.
Obviously, I want them voted out. But Im not a voter there.
Its possible but it depends on how the electorate looks at this. Do the voters agree or disagree with the city. And are the ones protesting from the city? Its definitely a way to see which way this goes.
Obviously, I want them voted out. But Im not a voter there.
DetroitLegalBeagle
(2,135 posts)4. In Hamtramck
Not gonna hold my breath on that one. Not there.