The Montgomery City Council reached a settlement in an ongoing debate over whether or not certain movements or groups could fly special flags in front of City Hall.
Last month, the City Council began this debate when a group of citizens petitioned to ask Montgomery to recognize American Christian Heritage Month and for theAfter several weeks of debate over past flags flown and concerns over what future groups that may make similar requests, the City Council voted to keep the three flag poles outside City Hall “neutral” by only flying the national, state and city flags.
“It could be ISIS wanting to come fly one or another group wanting to fly one that people wouldn’t agree with their ideology or political viewpoints or whatever, and I just felt like the best thing to do was draw up a neutrality agreement where we don’t pick side,” said District 2 Councilman Brantley Lyons.and get the latest local news and breaking alerts in your email!
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