They said the decision to raise the flag was made by the Capitol police. The letter was sent to House Speaker Moira Lyons, D- Stamford, and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin B. The rainbow flag, a universal symbol of gay rights, was raised Sunday at the Capitol as hundreds of gay, lesbian and bisexual people marked the start of a weeklong celebration. ``We should not permit the most symbolic flagpole in the state to be used as a purely political statement of a vocal but small minority.'' ``The Connecticut General Assembly is representative of all of the state's citizens, many of whom have strong moral objections to the lifestyle for which this flag stands,'' the letter states. The effort to remove it was led by freshman Rep.
Four Republican legislators, outraged that the ``gay pride'' flag has been flying over the state Capitol this week, are demanding that it be taken down immediately.īut state officials, responding to a letter sent to top legislators, said the flag will remain flying for now.
