Flags adopted as official banners of Salt Lake City, circumventing the state’s ban on most flags being displayed at government buildings and schools, hang outside the Salt Lake City and County building on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The official city flags include the Salt Lake City flag, pride flag, Juneteenth flag and transgender flag. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)
“Dumb.”
That was the word Utah Gov. Spencer Cox used Tuesday to express his annoyance with a new law that bans certain flags in schools and government buildings while also criticizing Salt Lake City leaders’ move to circumvent the ban by adopting pride and other flags symbolizing diversity and inclusion as official city banners…