At a Monday-night Bernie Sanders rally in Nampa, the crowd roared its approval when a speaker alluded to Boise Mayor Lauren McLean’s decision to keep flying an LGBTQ+ Pride flag outside of City Hall — despite a new state law banning the display of non-”official” flags.
But McLean’s move prompted a letter of rebuke from the state’s attorney general and an influx of complaints to the Ada County Sheriff’s Office.
McLean told the Idaho Statesman that the city would not take down the Pride flag because the law’s lack of an enforcement provision meant that flying it “is not a crime.”
“That flag, we’ve flown for nearly a decade. It has not been an issue in Boise,” McLean told the Statesman on Thursday. “In fact, it is beloved in Boise, because it is a symbol of how we put people first, and everyone in this community matters.”…