Pro-life flag will not fly at Kelowna City Hall

[alp227]

Kelowna city councillors have voted to stop flying any "courtesy flags" in front of city hall after an anti-abortion group applied to fly their pro-life flag.

Kelowna's Right to Life Society had applied to have their pro-life flag flown on a city hall flagpole for a week at the end of September, which the city has officially proclaimed "Protect Human Life Week."

The blue and white flag, with red stripes and three silhouettes — a toddler, an adult and an elderly person — had the words "pro-life" printed in capital letters across the centre.

But news of the flag-raising sparked public outcry and on Monday night city council decided that no flags would fly at city hall other than the Canadian flag, the B.C. flag and the city's flag.

full: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/08/21/bc-prolife-flag-kelowna.html

see also: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014198214

[teddy51]

1. Smart move by Kelowna council. You take sides in this issue and your going to pay a price

come election time.

To Add: Personally I am Pro-Choice, but I am not a Public Servant and do not plan on becoming one.

[Downwinder]

2. Would that have been a rape flag?

[teddy51]

3. Not in Canada! No way do even Conservatives think that Rape is ok in that Country.

[Downwinder]

4. Perhaps there is evolution after all.

I was beginning to have doubts.

[teddy51]

5. Lets hope so, because that thinking is absolutely beyond belief.

[niyad]

7. with ryan/akin pics on it?

[niyad]

6. so they won't fly that stupid flag, but they are STILL observing "protect human life week"??

when they decide not to continue with that observance, then I might think a bit better of them