Posted on 06/06/2024 4:03:25 PM PDT by hillarys cankles
A Democrat-led town council in Connecticut has sparked fury after voting down a motion to fly the Thin Blue Line flag for a state trooper killed in the line of duty.
Aaron Pelletier, Trooper First Class, was struck and killed last week by a suspect high on cocaine and fentanyl while conducting a routine traffic stop on a state highway.
His widow Dominique choked back tears as she paid tribute at her husband's funeral Wednesday, remembering him as 'my honey, my home, my heart and my best friend.'
Her heartrending speech in front of hundreds of mourners came after the Democrat-run Wethersfield town council stirred controversy on Monday by voting down an attempt to have the Thin Blue Line flag flown in his honor.
The motion failed by 5-3 after the Democrats claimed the flag - a symbol used to support cops since 2014 - is racist. Instead, the LGBT rainbow flag was flown at half mast after it had already been agreed that the banner would fly throughout June, which is Pride month.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Ignorance is deep.
I hope the burning the “pride” flag thing catches on.
>> and yet, democrats continue to win elections
correct
One only has to read the short book of Jude . . .
Jude (NIV)
1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James,
To those who have been called, who are loved in God the Father and kept for[a] Jesus Christ:
2 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.
The Sin and Doom of Ungodly People
3 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people. 4 For certain individuals whose condemnation was written about[b] long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.
5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord[c] at one time delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.
8 In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. 9 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”[d] 10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.
11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.
12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead. 13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.”[e] 16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
A Call to Persevere
17 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.
22 Be merciful to those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.[f]
And willful.
He wasn’t LGBTQetc., so how does flying that flag half-staff honor him? Cretins.
This is freakin’ unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The world is upside down. What is wrong is right, and what is right is wrong. Jesus is coming back sooner than we think.
the contemptible people are the ones voting for them...
Pretty sick but it’s also pretty sad these cops will do whatever the Dems tell them to do. They are more henchmen than law men.
Send us busses!
They’ve obviously sold their souls to the devil in exchange for power.
And I hope it’s soon.
Let me be _very_ clear, I am a US Flag advocate and a LE advocate but, there is _always_ a “but”.
The Flag of the United States of America has official Rules regarding it’s display, handling, and storage.
Specifically US code Title 4 Section 8 (respect for flag).
Many good links exist I like the formatting of this one...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/8
Doing a thing to the flag to highlight any specific group is contra indicated. It is intended to represent EVERY citizen not any specific group.
The black flags with a colored stripe are a well intentioned but ignorant bad idea that became too popular. I would find a rainbow stripe very offensive but the door is now open for that eventuality.
I started my current “Flag Rules” bitchin and moaning when ‘Farmers Business Network’ replaced the ‘Union’(white stars on blue) with the words “Farmers First”. They also added their website on top of the 13th(bottom white) stripe. They paid popular youtube farmers to display that monstrosity to hundreds of thousands of people. I single handedly shamed most of them to remove it. I also included with my bitching some ammunition to help them exit various potential display contracts.
I am _NOT_ suggesting people seek and destroy all non-compliant US Flags! Many would disappear overnight. I mean that literally. The flag is to be lighted at all times it is displayed. There are long standing rituals surrounding the raising and lowering of our flag. If it is to be flown between sunset and sunrise it _is_ to be illuminated. <<— full stop!
All I seek is for folks to review the rules and resist urges to support non compliant usage in the future.
June 14th is Flag Day in these great United States of America!
Please join me in my quest to educate folks and enjoy what we Americans have left to enjoy.(every day)
:-)
I was in Kohl’s and saw a kids cap with different colored letters.
Said: “Let’s get one thing straight, not me.”
What’s the nickname of the town?... Connecticut’s Asshole?
They didn’t win no presidential election in 2020. If you believe that you must be a CNN viewer or a complete rino.
Fag flag prevails, again.
May their chains of servitude rest heavily on their shoulders as they spend eternity in hell.
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