HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-15-25 Public Comment - S. Homec - City flagFrom:susan homec
To:Bozeman Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL]City flag
Date:Monday, July 14, 2025 8:28:38 PM
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July 14th, 2025
To the City Commissioners of Bozeman,
I am very much opposed to the pride flag becoming an official city
flag. I do not hate or dislike LGBTQ+ people. It is not for me to judge
anyone. I wish them happiness and good health, but you simply cannot
elevate one group’s “feelings” over another’s. My rights do not end
where someone’s feelings begin. The pride flag is extremely divisive.
They want you to think it is inclusive of all and therefore something we
should all want, but we do not. I do not want a flag that symbolizes
someone’s sexual preferences and ideologies that are against my moral
beliefs. With that being said it makes me absolutely sick to think this flag
could end up flying over one of my grandchildren’s schools. You
certainly are not going to let a Jewish flag, a Palestinian flag, a Christian
flag, etc become an official city flag because it simply would upset too
many people. To elevate one group like this over another is divisive and
unfair. You are opening the city up to all sorts of lawsuits. I for one do
not like having to pay more and more taxes! Especially, for stupid
lawsuits that don’t need to be.
I know the queer group feels the flag should stay flying since it
has been for the past 4 yrs. I was astonished when I found out that it
had been flying over city hall and for that long. If I had been aware
before I would have written in much sooner and so would a lot of other
people. There is no place for flags that support a specific group or
ideology to be flown on public property. Please respond and let me
know how it got up in the first place.
Thank you for your time. I hope you can see how passionate I am
about this issue. Many of us have very strong feelings on this subject
against the pride flag as an official flag. I am not against the pride flag in
general. I am against the pride flag as an official city flag.
Susan Homec
Residential and Business property owner