A dirge of degeneracy rang out in one red state rainbow enclave after efforts to skirt state law failed just in time for an alphabet activist high holy day.
Like a carnival of sorrow, mourners assembled at City Hall in Boise, Idaho, on Tuesday to mark “International Transgender Day of Visibility” with a melancholic ceremony. It was there that the gender ideology standard known as the “Pride” flag was shown more decorum than leftists tend to offer Old Glory, as a new state law forced the mayor’s hand into removing a banner she assured was not “political,” “religious,” or “ideological.”
“I didn’t plan on making a remark beforehand,” said Boise Mayor Lauren McLean as she stood at the base of the flagpole, claiming, “Because this is a symbol of who we are. And, it’s not political. It’s not religious. It’s not ideological. This is a flag that says clearly that we are a city that’s safe and welcoming for everyone.”
It was then, as she began to lower the flag, that those gathered began to sing as though performing a spiritual hymn.
NEW: Boise mayor Lauren McLean appears to be on the verge of tears as she is forced to remove a Pride flag outside of City Hall.
The LGBTQers then sang a sad song as the flag was lowered.
The move comes after Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 561 into law, leading to… pic.twitter.com/tGh4oR8upK
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 31, 2026
Tuesday’s ideologically-driven ceremony, which included remarks from McLean during a special meeting of the city council about the “sad day, a tough day,” came in the wake of Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signing HB 561, amending legislation from 2025 aimed at preventing non-governmental flags from being flown on government property.
Following the passage of Idaho’s HB 96, Democrats in Boise retroactively designated the “Pride” flag as an official flag of the city in May 2025 as an attempted workaround. The new amendment added a penalty of $2,000 a day and established enforcement responsibilities for the state attorney general.
“Today, Governor Little signed HB 561 into law — a bill written with one purpose in mind: to prevent Boise from expressing our values by flying our official Pride flag, something we have done with the support of our community for more than a decade,” argued the mayor in a statement.
“Because this law includes a substantial penalty — one that would ultimately fall on the taxpayers of Boise to shoulder — I decided to take down the city’s official Pride flag,” she went on. “But let me be clear: Boise’s values have not changed, and they are not defined by any single action taken at the Statehouse.”
Noting the stark contrast compared to two years prior, when the Biden administration had “desecrated Easter Sunday with a ‘transgender’ message that elevated radical leftist ideology over faith, family, and biological truth,” the White House released a list of accomplishments under President Donald Trump that signaled “the era of government-sanctioned delusion is over.”
“This Easter season, the Trump administration is celebrating a decisive victory: the swift and unrelenting dismantling of subversive, woke policies that endangered children, eroded women’s rights, assaulted common sense, and dragged America toward moral and cultural decline,” the release asserted before concluding, “In the Trump Administration, truth, strength, and moral clarity are once again guiding our nation forward.”
Among the reactions to the spin attempted by McLean, social media users reminded that, at its core, the flag was about sexuality and landed squarely at the intersection of all the categories she claimed it had nothing to do with.
Correct. It’s perverse.
— StormyT 🌿 (@OutLikeA_Lamb) March 31, 2026
Ahh, the 10s of people who showed up to sing in praise of degeneracy.
— Michael Quinn Sullivan 🇺🇸 (@MQSullivan) April 1, 2026
Regressives have literally turned it into all three pic.twitter.com/nQc7uy4mOR
— Tony’s Pulp (@eyeswide0pen__) March 31, 2026
No that flag doesn’t represent who we are. That is a government building, and your pride flag should not be flying. If you want to fly your pride flag fly it on your own house, don’t jam your political ideology on the rest of us.
— Liz Coburn (@Lizcoburn7MAGA) April 1, 2026
“Not religious” and “not ideological”
Then proceeds to sing hymns while performing a ritual where people take turns lowering a flag.
If that’s not religious, what is? Other religions should take notes on that level of commitment.— Fallacy Alert! (@L0gicalFallacy) March 31, 2026
Yes they hate America
— Jeremy Matthews (@Sarcasm_Sells) April 1, 2026
Removing it is the first step. Keeping it from ever coming back is the next step.
— Bowe (@BoweRHoy) March 31, 2026
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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