‘A sense of betrayal’: Liberal Dismay as Muslim-Led Us City Bans Pride Flags
28th June 2026
The Guardian, Mouth of the Left in Britain.
Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations
Gee, I wonder why?
Hamtramck was at one time a traditionally heavily Polish area. But, apparently, not any more. Michigan is becoming more and more Muslim as time goes on, as its liberal bent bends it to the breaking point.
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.
They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme 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.
Muslim residents packing city hall erupted in cheers after the council’s unanimous vote, and on Hamtramck’s social media pages, the taunting has been relentless: “Fagless City”, read one post, emphasized with emojis of a bicep flexing.
The Leftist mind consists of innumerable individual compartments: One labeled “Free Palestine”, one labeled “Believe all women”, one labeled “LGBTQXYZ”, etc., and at no point do these compartments overlap, or even touch.
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