United States: Schools and students clash over Pride flags on campus

NBC reported October 3 on the "new education culture war" centered on the use of Pride flags in schools, which some districts say are too political to be displayed by educators. One school in Oregon has banned Pride flags altogether, while another in Missouri ordered one of its teachers to remove the Pride flag from his classroom. Students in Jacksonville, Florida, have been accused of harassing their school's Gay Straight Alliance. Supporters of the Pride flag maintain that it is a symbol of safety and acceptance, not politics.

Boston: Supreme Court will hear case for flying Christian flag over City Hall

LGBTQ Nation reported on October 1 that the Supreme Court could force Boston City Hall to fly what one group calls a "Christian flag," for parity with the Pride, Transgender, and Juneteenth flags. A group called Liberty Counsel, designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, sued the city in 2017 over the affair, claiming the city was censoring them because they were Christian and not because it was against city policy to fly a religious flag. Despite lower courts' rejection of the case, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear it. Critics of the court's willingness to hear the case, like Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, say it threatens the country's religious diversity and goes against the Constitution.