Texas sanctions judge for displaying rainbow flag in court
A judge in Texas has been sanctioned by the state for displaying a rainbow flag in her courtroom.
Bexar County Court’s Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez is out and she flies the rainbow flag in her court because it shows that “everyone is welcome into this courtroom.”
She didn’t think that the flag would be a problem because other judges have flags and symbols in their courtrooms. One judge who’s a veteran has a camouflage robe and another flies an Irish flag to take pride in his heritage, she said.
But San Antonio lawyer Flavio Hernandez was “offended” by Speedlin Gonzalez’s rainbow flag and he filed a complaint with the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct, saying that the flag meant that the judge couldn’t be impartial.
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He said that he would have been just as offended by “a swastika or confederate flag,” effectively comparing being gay to being a white supremacist.
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