State Department's LGBT virtue signaling is unhelpful, writes mrubin1971.
hosted the Olympics at the Black Sea resort of Sochi. Against the backdrop of Russia’s draconian anti-gay laws, athletes and activists rallied to display the rainbow flag. Google soon modified its own logo with a rainbow to support the protests. Three months later, the U.S. Embassy in Estonia announced that it would fly the rainbow flag. Jeffrey Levine, a San Francisco Bay Area native and political appointee, explained his goal was"to celebrate diversity and acceptance." The U.S.
The movement soon snowballed. The following year, the U.S. Embassy in Manila hung the rainbow flag and sponsored a chalk art festival to promote gay pride. In Riga, the U.S. flew the rainbow flag and sponsored a Pride concert. Mark Brzezinski, then the departing U.S. ambassador to Sweden, listed flying the rainbow flag from the embassy flagpole as among his top accomplishments. Every year, more embassies joined the list. At least until Secretary of Statetook over.
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