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Record Editor Uses Child’s Suicide to Push “Rainbow Flag” Talking Points

IWO JIMA FLAG RAISING

May 8,2017

PJ Blogger

Ridgewood NJ, in a recent editorial Alfred P. Doblin , NorthJersey media , ( https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/columnists/alfred-doblin/2017/05/07/doblin-its-2017-fly-pride-flag-ridgewood/311938001/ ) attempted to bully the Village council into hanging the “gay pride flag” over the village hall to prove we are an inclusive community .

Mr. Doblin in Ridgewood we are all Americans and the American flag is highest form of inclusion the world has ever known. Sorry if you dont like the American flag .In Ridgewood we are not defined by our race , creed or sexual preferences . Nor are we segregated by it .We are defined by our willingness in invest our energy and debate for our community . We don’t always agree on things , but in the end all the acrimony amounts to the fact that people really care about where they live .

In Ridgewood no one needs to prove anything to anyone , if you want to fly the “pride flag” in your front yard your more than welcome to do so . You see in Ridgewood we respect peoples choices , even if we may or may not agree with them.

However I do take special issue in using a child’s painful suicide as a lame attempt to manipulate pubic opinion . While some would suggest it is desperately “sick” , I will assume you are sadly misguided.

Instead of the focus on flag flying and calling people cowards or racists  I would suggest a change in editorial policy for Bergen Record . If you really want to help the gay community, perhaps embracing  a more aggressive vetting of refugees, might avoid more instances like the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, or the San Bernardino shooting. It would also lift suspicions off of people legitimately coming to our shores in hopes of making a better life.

Or better yet if your looking to raise flags ,there are many Mosques in New Jersey that should as you have suggested for Ridgewood prove they are “inclusive”,  and unfurl the rainbow flag right in front of their welcoming doors .

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Gay Pride flag over Ridgewood Village Hall ?

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April 28,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, at Wednesday nights council meet ,Jan Phillips once again attempted to strong arm the council in the name of civility by pushing them to hang a Gay Pride flag over Village Hall. Many will remember her  as the one who called everyone “GRANDSTANDERS” who objected to Aronsohn’s giant garage fiasco.

If Susan and company do not put the flag up, Jan will make it her mission to brand all of them as anti-gay which is completely untrue.

A reader wrote us ….

So, Last night as I was watching the Village Council meeting from the comfort of my easy chair,  I could hear what sounded like a rather large crowd and wondered what everyone might be there for.  Could it be Schedler?  Clinton Avenue?  Parking?  I was pretty surprised when people started going up to the microphone talking about hanging the Gay Pride flag over Village Hall.  This was obviously an orchestrated demonstration of power and pride by people who fully support inclusion, welcoming, understanding, and civility toward non-heterosexuals.   I am one of those people.  I not only support LGBTQ, but I support all minorities, everyone who is marginalized, I support interracial and inter-religious marriage, immigrants’ rights, religious freedom, inclusion of all with physical handicaps, and every single nationality on our planet.  I do not support, however, putting up one flag to indicate acceptance of one group that has most unfortunately been discriminated against.  If the Village Council opts to do this, then what is to stop someone who wishes to have the Confederate flag hang over Village Hall for one month, or perhaps the newest addition to the lineup, the “Straight Flag.”  We could wind up with the flag of the month, pretty much diluting the overall message of inclusion.  I like to think that our Village welcomes everyone.  It is not necessary to hang a flag to indicate that one group is accepted, when in fact all “groups” are accepted.   I was about to get in my car and drive over to the meeting to say this, but I was afraid I would be branded as anti-gay.  Sadly, a quick condemnation of someone for stating their feelings is all to common, and I would be devastated if I had to start defending myself.  I hope that our elected officials will be able to say “no” to this request.  Although the request is well-intended, hanging this one flag welcoming one group would be wrong.