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Municipal director Jon Steven Hasseldal in Ålesund has determined that municipal faculties could not elevate the rainbow flag throughout this 12 months’s Pride celebrations. The Human-Ethical Association Ålesund is upset with a call that’s utterly completely different from the values of range and inclusion that we wish to promote in our society.
Bad sign
In 2014, the legislation was modified to permit the flying of flags aside from the Norwegian, Sami, municipal or regional flags in public buildings. This offers us an ideal alternative to make use of the rainbow flag as a logo of acceptance, respect and love.
Last 12 months, faculties have been inspired to have a good time range and inclusion in their very own means, and plenty of selected to fly the rainbow flag. Why ought to we return now? Not guarding the flag sends the flawed sign to each college students and the broader neighborhood. After the tragic occasions which have plagued the queer neighborhood lately, we should reply with extra help and visibility, not much less.
The rainbow flag is greater than only a flag. It is a logo of hope, power and resilience. It exhibits solidarity with the LGBTQ+ neighborhood and rejects hatred and discrimination. Raising the flag will give youngsters and younger people who find themselves on the lookout for their id a way of acceptance in school.
Decide for your self
For everybody, the flag shall be a logo that love and variety shouldn’t be hidden. School is a vital platform for the event and dialogue of various views and may give everybody, no matter gender, the instruments to construct an inclusive and inclusive society sooner or later.
By refusing faculties to fly the flag throughout Pride, we’re taking a step again from this essential work. The municipality of Ålesund should work diligently to create an inclusive setting the place everybody can really feel protected and revered.
The Human-Ethical Association Ålesund hopes that the municipal politicians will reverse this resolution and let the colleges determine for themselves whether or not they wish to fly the satisfaction flag. By letting the rainbow flag fly excessive and in faculties, we present that in Ålesund love and variety will all the time be celebrated.
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