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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood’s 2021 “Pride Celebration” was held in Van Neste Memorial Park on Saturday, June 5. Many local speakers, performers, allies, friends, families, and neighbors participated/attended.
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Ridgewood NJ, LGBT Pride Month occurs in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall riots, which occurred at the end of June 1969. As a result, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world and the Village of Ridgewood has posted its support in Van Neste park on the newly erected flag pole with a “Rainbow” or “Pride” flag.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood’s flag will be flown on a new flagpole at Van Neste Square Memorial Park. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m.
President Donald Trum celebrated diversity by becoming the first Republican president to acknowledge the LGBT celebration of Pride Month on Friday.
Trump said in a tweet:
“As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation,”
and went further :
“My Administration has launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality and invite all nations to join us in this effort!”
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Westwood NJ, a Westwood man wants to fly anti-abortion flag at Borough Hall. The borough resident and anti-abortion activist is requesting the display, citing the rainbow flag flown at Borough Hall for LGBT Gay Pride flag.
In April 2017 , Jan Phillips attempted to strong arm the Ridgewood council in the name of civility by pushing them to hang a Gay Pride flag over Village Hall ,at the time it was rejected for various reasons and many readers suggested ,if the council flew the pride flag over Village Hall , that would open the door to flying all kinds of other flags .
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May 4,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Village attorney Matt Rogers told the council the Village is not obligated to fly the “Rainbow or Gay flag”. Rogers talked at length of both legal and policy implications .Rogers went on to explain the “freedom of Speech ” issues as well as the Village flag pole had not history been used to make a political statement or as a public forum . Temporary signs are also banned from Village public property which would include the Village hall flag pole .
Mike Sedon chimed in that the American flag is inclusive and is the most potent symbol of inclusion world over. Both Bernie and Jeff were supportive of the Rainbow flag on the idea of “inclusiveness ” along the road that other groups celebrate on Village property like the RBSA and so on. Councilmen Hache worried about other groups who may want to raise a flag that may not be supported by the community in general. The mayor worried it was a road we don’t want to go down to be auditing countless groups looking to fly their flag over the Village hall.
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I don’t think the point was merely that they spoke and left, but that they left as a group, confirming the impression that the entire display had been organized and orchestrated rather than representing a number of individuals who wished to make statements on the same issue. Yet they had previously been told that this issue would be on the agenda of the following council meeting, which would have been the time to discuss it. And if anybody does not recognize the Aronsohn touch, they have not been watching. And by the way, I am not very interested in hearing what somebody who lives in Elmwood Park (or wherever it was) thinks about which flags should fly in Ridgewood.
