{"id":647,"date":"2025-06-19T19:27:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mississaugaoffice.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:45:59","slug":"christian-group-threatens-westminster-council-over-indoctrinating-pride-flags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mississaugaoffice.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/christian-group-threatens-westminster-council-over-indoctrinating-pride-flags\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian group threatens Westminster Council over \u2018indoctrinating\u2019 pride flags"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The inclusive pride flags hung last year on Regent Street (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A London<\/a> council has been threatened with legal action after hanging trans-inclusive Pride<\/a> flags around Regent Street from this weekend.<\/p>\n

Group Christian Concern says Westminster Council is ‘indoctrinating’ visitors to the famous West End location and breaching planning control.<\/p>\n

The Crown Estate, which owns most of the property on Regent Street, lodged plans in March to hoist hundreds of flags in 20 locations between mid-June and mid-July to support Pride events.<\/p>\n

But after being permitted by Westminster Council in mid-May, Christian Concern says the council is opening itself up to potential legal action.<\/p>\n

In recent years, the display has included over 300 LGBTQI+ Progress Pride flags, developed in 2018 by non-binary American artist and designer Daniel Quasar.<\/p>\n

Based on the iconic rainbow flag from 1978, the redesign celebrates the diversity of the LGBTQ community and calls for a more inclusive society, celebrating trans, black and brown, gender non-binary and intersex community members.<\/p>\n

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They claim the flag is ‘divisive’ (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But hardline Christians say the flags, which on June 22 will replace Union Jacks currently flying to mark VE Day, create division by excluding more traditional views.<\/p>\n

Christian Concern has previously made the point to the council that the Cass Review prohibits the indoctrination and confusion of primary school children with trans ideologies.<\/p>\n

But the group claims: ‘The flags do just that, exposing the hundreds of thousands of children who walk up and down Regent Street, including those who visit Hamleys, to a message and symbols which will be unlawful to teach and display in schools.’<\/p>\n

Last year, Christian Concern launched a petition signed by 31,000 people calling for a similar display to be stopped.<\/p>\n

Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said: ‘Many people experience these flags as an attack on historic, traditional beliefs about sex and gender.<\/p>\n

‘They send the message that people holding these views, which are worthy of respect in a democratic society, are not welcome.<\/p>\n

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