US Christian radio personality Bryan Fischer has called for the LGBT+ rainbow flag to be banned in schools—saying that it’s just as divisive as the Confederate flag.
“There’s a lot of effort right now to get rid of the Confederate flag,” he says in a clip posted by Right Wing Watch.
He goes on to mention the in North Carolina that recently prohibited Confederate flags—as well as Ku Klux Klan and Nazi symbols in its dress code.
“There’s another symbol that is just as divisive,” Fischer continues.
“If we are going to ban the Confederate flag because it is divisive, how about we ban the LGBT flag at school?
“If we are going to ban the Confederate flag at school because it creates division, because it is offensive to people, I propose that everywhere the Confederate flag is banned, at the same time the LGBT rainbow flag [should] be banned, at exactly the same time for exactly the same reasons.
“It is offensive, it is contrary to our most deeply held values, it divides people, it does not bring them together.
“It’s time to have the LGBT flag banned right alongside the Confederate flag. If we’re going to ban one, I submit we need to ban the other.”
It’s not the first time the rainbow flag has been drawn into the debate surrounding Confederate statues and flags— commentator Star Parker the symbols on Fox News recently.
"These two flags represent the exact same thing—that certain people, groups, are not welcome here," Parker said.
Fischer has that LGBT+ activists are Nazis, and blamed gay people for the Holocaust.
You can watch the clip below:
