One flag policy.” It asked the President to extend it to schools. Kupper posted a reply, highlighting that HB 2113 would do so in Arizona. Kupper has denied he is only targeting the Pride flag.
He points out his bill would also ban the flying of any Nazi, USSR, or Confederate flags from public buildings with government employees. My bill in AZ, HB2113, prevents schools from displaying flags other than official government ones. https://t.co/2O8EpezQZdDemocrats blasted Kupper’s bill.
“What a sad waste of time,” Rep. Oscar De Los Santos, D-Phoenix, co-chair of the Arizona LGBTQ Caucus, said in a statement to the Arizona Mirror. “The reason housing is expensive isn’t because of pride flags.
The reason health care costs are out of control isn’t because of pride flags … How about we focus on the things that actually matter for once?”Some free speech campaigners have also expressed reservations about the bill. It would additionally ban flags representing Christian Nationalism. The Mirror points out that Arizona Senate Majority leader Janae Shamp (R) displays the Appeal to Heaven flag (which features a pine tree) on her desk.
Presumably, this bill will ban that, too. During the committee hearing an amendment was added to HB 2113 that allows the flags of other countries to be flown, such as a teacher displaying a Mexican flag in their classroom. Nick Kupper is a retired Air Force veteran who assumed office earlier this month.
He represents Arizona’s 25th district (Surprise City). He is married to a woman and has four kids. Kupper campaigned on a ticket of border security, keeping “woke ideologies” out of education, protecting the Second Amendment, and water security, among other issues.
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