In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city became the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council. They viewed the power shift and diversity as a meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign. This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had – like many others being flown around the country – been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Wow what a shock, religious people using it as an excuse for their bigotry? Who could have ever guessed that this could happen!
Never trust someone religious. By definition they are ruled by fairy tales, and that’s not a rational approach to living.
“Same bigotry, different religion”
Dude I don’t want an any religion majority council.
Religion-driven identity is literally toxic to humanity.
