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   Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making a push to have   
   the Pride flag considered on the same level as the U.S. flag in the eyes   
   of the federal government.   
      
   Schumer announced plans to introduce legislation that would make the   
   flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ movement, a congressionally authorized flag.   
   The distinction would enshrine the flag with similar protections as the   
   U.S. flag, military flags, POW/MIA flags and others recognized by Congress.   
      
   His move comes after the Trump administration removed a Pride flag from   
   a national monument outside the Stonewall Inn earlier this month. A   
   clash between police and patrons at a gay bar in the 1960s is widely   
   considered the birth of the gay rights movement.   
      
      
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     Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.   
   Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., plans to introduce   
   legislation that would congressionally authorize Pride flags, giving the   
   symbol of the LGBTQ community the same legal protection as the U.S.   
   flag. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty)   
   "Stonewall is sacred ground and Congress must act now to permanently   
   protect the Pride flag and what it stands for," Schumer said. "Trump’s   
   hateful crusade must end."   
      
   The flag has since been reinstalled atop the pole outside the Stonewall   
   Inn, and Schumer's legislative push would prevent it from being taken   
   down in the future.   
      
   President Donald Trump has not explicitly targeted the Pride flag but   
   previously signed an executive order restricting what types of flags may   
   be displayed on federal property to ensure only the U.S. flag is   
   prominently flown.   
      
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     New York officials raise Pride flag at Stonewall Inn   
   Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to congressionally   
   authorize the Pride flag after it was taken down by the Trump   
   administration at the Stonewall National Monument. (Spencer Platt/Getty   
   Images)   
   The Pride flag was taken down from the monument following an internal   
   memo from the Department of the Interior ordering "non-agency" flags at   
   national parks be removed.   
      
   The directive, signed by National Park Service Acting Director Jessica   
   Bowron in late January, included certain exceptions to the rule,   
   including historical flags, military flags and federally recognized   
   flags from tribal nations.   
      
      
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     President Donald Trump speaks to reporters   
   President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn   
   of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, Feb. 13,   
   2026. (Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images)   
   The Stonewall National Monument, first designated by former President   
   Barack Obama in 2016, falls under the agency’s supervision. The Pride   
   flag atop a large flagpole outside the famous gay bar did not fall under   
   the list of protected flags and pennants.   
      
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   "The very core of American identity is liberty and justice for all — and   
   that is what this legislation would protect: each national park’s   
   ability to make its own decision about what flag can be flown," Schumer   
   said. "Attempts to hurt New York and the LGBTQ community simply won’t   
   fly, but the Stonewall Pride flag always will."   
      
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/schumer-pushes-bill-give-pride-   
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