Niagara Catholic school board trustee compares Pride flag to Nazi flag, video shows
Natalia Benoit is a trustee with Niagara's Catholic school board.
"Well, any flag at all... Like the Nazi flag, we don't want that up either, right?" Benoit says in the video. "The policy is quite detailed but essentially the policy had components that if passed ... would essentially limit or maybe eliminate the ability to fly any type of flag, including the Pride flag," he said.Cipriano said that will be debated and voted upon at the next board meeting in June, during Pride month.
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