Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky disgraces U.S. flag in gay pride parade

Democratic Rep. Jan Schakowsky disgraces U.S. flag in gay pride parade


Joe Newby
Spokane Conservative Examiner
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Does Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) respect the U.S. flag?

On Sunday, Schakowsky participated in Chicago's annual gay pride parade using a van with an American flag. Her display of the flag, however, violated several provisions of the U.S. flag code, Breitbart.com reported Tuesday.

Poster Rebel Pundit wrote that Schakowsky's float displayed the U.S. flag "draped over the hood of the vehicle (not flying from a staff), underneath the rainbow flag (the gay flag or now often recognized as the LGBT flag)."

According to U.S. Code Title 36 Chapter 10 §175, the flag "should not be displayed on a float in a parade except from a staff," should "not be draped over the hood, top, sides, or back of a vehicle or of a railroad train or a boat" and "[n]o other flag or pennant should be placed above or, if on the same level, to the right of the flag of the United States of America," except for certain church services.

The code also says:

The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags of States or localities or pennants of societies are grouped and displayed from staffs.

"No such flag or pennant may be placed above the flag of the United States or to the United States flag's right," the code adds.

Schakowsky, who once called the GOP "Pledge to America" a revolutionary plan by extreme Republicans who support the Tenth Amendment, is no stranger to controversy regarding the flag, Breitbart.com added.

According to Breitbart, she took part in a march last fall that "fed into four other large feeder marches in an effort coordinated by Occupy Chicago and several labor unions."

There were no U.S. flags in the march, and when questioned, Schakowsky claimed ignorance, but said she was "wearing red, white and blue.”

Later, she "made a point to take a photo with one of her fellow travelers carrying a large U.S. flag and posted it to her Facebook page in a quick attempt to minimize any scrutiny that would arise from her participation in a protest march void of any U.S. flags," the post said.

The article concludes by saying "this U.S. congresswoman as well as her staff sadly have no basic respect for Old Glory."