Rainbow Flag Hoisted at City Hall

On Tuesday the City of Palo Alto joined other cities in the Bay Area in “flying the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Rainbow Flag to symbolize political and cultural support for marriage equality and opposition to Proposition 8 and (the Defense of Marriage Act) DOMA.”

The action followed the unanimous adoption Monday night of a resolution authorizing the flying of the flag.

The US Supreme Court is currently deciding whether Prop 8, which defined marriage in the California constitution as being between a man and a woman, is constitutional. Also under consideration is DOMA, a 1996 law that restricts federal benefits to opposite-sex couples.

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