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Backlash ensues over order to remove pride flags in Northport park
ABC 7 ^ | June 15, 2026 | Krista McNally

Posted on 06/18/2026 4:28:56 PM PDT by kevcol

"They were putting the pride banners above my veterans, and that does not work, sorry," said American Legion Commander William McKenna during a phone interview with Eyewitness News.

McKenna said that they have had calls and people showing up to express their concerns about the Pride flag hanging above the Hometown Heroes veterans' banners.

"If you put a pride flag by one of my veterans, I'm taking every one of them down," McKenna said.
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"People started complaining about the flag being on the same pole above a veteran's banner," said Jeff Cusick, the treasurer of Northport Pride Fest.
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"Those veterans fought for our freedoms to be who we are today," Cusick said.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7ny.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; northport; ny; veterans
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Sure thing, Cusick - that's exactly what we risked our lives for: a pride flag /s


1 posted on 06/18/2026 4:28:56 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

NORTHPORT, Long Island


2 posted on 06/18/2026 4:32:18 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: kevcol

If they are so proud why did they change the name from gay to pride ?


3 posted on 06/18/2026 4:37:38 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: kevcol

We need to start literally stuffing their fag-flags down their throats... for real.

They want to force their trash on us, force it back on them.


4 posted on 06/18/2026 4:38:58 PM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: butlerweave

Same reason they changed the name from homosexual to “gay.”

They’re trying to find a suitable name they won’t eventually want to run away from to hide their identity.

Even the CDC went to called them “Men who have Sex with Men” but still use the word “lesbian” in some places. Weird.


5 posted on 06/18/2026 4:40:18 PM PDT by normbal (normbal. Non-native Tennessean.)
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To: kevcol

They, the LGBQXYZ bunch, just need to keep their insanity out of our faces, out of the classrooms, off of tv and off of our flag poles and behind closed doors where no one else has to be exposed to their insane perversion and things will go much smoother, for everybody.


6 posted on 06/18/2026 4:45:44 PM PDT by drypowder
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If they are so proud why did they change the name from gay to pride?

Better to use the more inclusive "pride" to include more who aren't gay.

And because lesbians won't date trannies.

7 posted on 06/18/2026 4:47:51 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: drypowder

Amen brother


8 posted on 06/18/2026 5:19:56 PM PDT by Retgearjammer
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To: kevcol

For many of that group Gayness is much more than a condition or a lifestyle, it has literally become their “Religion”, and a small but loud segment are fundamentalists, compelled to ‘witness and prostlytize’ to others ad nauseum.


9 posted on 06/18/2026 5:31:21 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Why do they get special consideration? I want all of you who share my malady to join me in making the world respect a group who goes through life without complaint or demands:

Lesbians Trapped in Male Bodies (LTMBs).


10 posted on 06/18/2026 6:59:49 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (When did cisgender heteronormativity become a bad thing?)
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To: kevcol
The fruits don't seem to understand the difference between being welcome and included and being tolerated. And they are only being tolerated for now. We all know you exist. Just keep it up with those flags and messing with children.
11 posted on 06/18/2026 7:36:54 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: kevcol

C’è già troppa frociaggine.


12 posted on 06/18/2026 9:55:14 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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Gays apparently have higher incomes on average than others. They seem to want disproportionate political power, and certainly are craving constant attention. Actors and other performers tend to be gay, the list is very long. Actors want attention more than anything, they want a huge audience to watch them. And they want everyone to celebrate their gay-ness with Pride Month. That’s sort of odd - you might say its “queer” in the traditional sense.


13 posted on 06/19/2026 3:39:01 AM PDT by brookwood (First the left said it was OK to steal. Next they said it was OK to kill)
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To: brookwood

Exactly like Lucifer.


14 posted on 06/19/2026 4:27:55 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

Has anyone figured what these perverts and losers are “proud” of? Anal sex and other perverted behaviors are nothing to be proud of.


15 posted on 06/19/2026 6:19:59 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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If they are so proud why did they change the name from gay to pride ?

Delve into the details of that culture just a little and you'll understand why they use a lot of euphemisms.

16 posted on 06/19/2026 6:27:09 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: hal ogen

They are proud of their sin and rebellion against God. That never works out the way they think it will.


17 posted on 06/19/2026 6:52:43 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: kevcol
("If you put a 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ PRIDE FLAG 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ by one of my veterans, I'm taking every one of them down," McKenna said)

GOOD! Rip them ALL down. But stay alert.



18 posted on 06/20/2026 4:19:38 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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(Has anyone figured what these perverts and losers are “proud” of? Anal sex and other perverted behaviors are nothing to be proud of.)

They have PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 in their
OPEN-AIR REBELLION against ALMIGHTY GOD


🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Pride goes before destruction - Proverbs 16 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
19 posted on 06/20/2026 4:24:34 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

That never ends well.


20 posted on 06/20/2026 4:33:34 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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