U.S. embassies celebrate “Pride Month” from the Vatican to Jerusalem, but not in Saudi Arabia.
In June, United States embassies across the world get ready for the biggest patriotic celebration of the year. Flags are taken out of the attic, ironed and hoisted in rainbow swirls across the sky.
From Europe to Latin America to Asia, Africa and Oceania, the new flag of the nation flies across what used to be the worldwide diplomatic outposts of the United States of America.
This is done without regard to the religious feelings or sensibilities of the host nation.
In Vatican City, the U.S. Embassy flew the rainbow flag and tweeted that it “stands with the LBGTQI+ community against discrimination and other forms of persecution because of who they are and whom they love.”
In Jerusalem, outgoing Ambassador Tom Nides cheerfully declared “Shabbat Shalom” from a gay pride parade that featured a drag queen. Nides had made no comment about the murder of Meir Tamari, the 20th person in Israel killed by Islamic terrorists so far this year.
In India, Ambassador Eric Garcetti, the former Los Angeles mayor whose inappropriate nomination had barely survived the scandal of his aide sexually harassing men, broadcast a video in which he raised the pride flag, with more dedication and drama than the Marines at Iwo Jima, before delivering a speech about the importance of the LGBTQ movement.
In Paris, the embassy celebrated “#IncroyableDiversité” while the embassy in Moscow put up a rainbow mural of Biden declaring in Russian that, “Pride is a celebration of generations of LGBTQI+ people, who have fought bravely to live openly and authentically.”
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a country where the people are starving, children are being sold as sex slaves and the streets belong to gangs, the white ambassador convened white staff members to attend a Pride Month ceremony. The wind was blowing hard and the participants might have smelled ash, misery and human waste. Some of the locals have taken to setting each other on fire, but surely they appreciated the ambassador’s thoughts on LGBTQ pride.
Few Americans were in attendance since the embassy had previously issued an alert warning tourists not to come “due to kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and poor health care infrastructure.”
But while State Department facilities from Bogota, Columbia to Pretoria, South Africa put aside their pressing business to celebrate Pride Month, and the embassies in Warsaw, Poland and the Philippines joined in, there were notable exceptions from the global celebration of ‘Pride’.
The United States embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia bafflingly neglected Pride Month. In Islamabad, Pakistan, insult was added to injury when the embassy instead commemorated Urs, a festival marking the death of a Sufi saint, without even a single rainbow emoji in view.
The Saudis would seem to be more in need of hearing about gay rights than the Haitians or the French since under Sharia law the penalty for pride is being stoned to death. The Pakistanis could also use a few rainbow flags since they lock up gay people while freeing terrorists.
The Biden administration recently vented its outrage because Uganda passed some laws criminalizing homosexuality. There has been talk of threatening one of the poorest nations in the world with sanctions. But where are the sanctions for Saudi Arabia? Or other Muslim countries?
A decade ago, Brunei brought back Sharia law and the death penalty for homosexuality. The US embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan failed to mention Biden’s views on ‘Pride’ and instead promoted ‘Sports Diplomacy’ through soccer. There are no sanctions for Sharia law.
And no mention of Pride Month in our outreach to the Muslim world.
Pride Month was missing in action in Baghdad, where the U.S. embassy has enough problems since the only thing Iraqi Sunni and Shiite Muslims agree on is trying to kill them. If the Kuwait embassy celebrated the Stonewall riot, they kept it to themselves. No rainbow flags could be seen in Jordan where all the focus was on the royal marriage of its dictator. Nancy Pelosi recorded a message on the marriage, but sadly had nothing to say about LGBT rights.
The same was true in Yemen, currently caught in a civil war between Sunnis and Shiites over who gets to impose Sharia law on whom. Neither side will be particularly interested in any rainbow flags. And Biden isn’t interested in telling either side about ‘Pride Month’.
The US Embassy in Cairo focused on Jill Biden’s visit to Egypt where she met with women wearing hijabs and pretended to understand what they were saying to her. The honored doctor made no mention of the LGBTQ movement to the women in the hijabs.
While the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland urged, “This month and every month, let us celebrate the pride that powers the movement for LGBTQI+”, the message did not reach the U.S. Embassy in Algiers. “Pride Month is kicking off in the U.S. today! We’d love to know: What does Pride mean to you,” the U.S. Embassy in Brussels asked. But the U.S. Embassy to the UAE instead bafflingly urged the locals to come to Michigan to get degrees in Arabic Language..
But that’s how you get more Muslim Brotherhood members and win elections in Michigan.
To understand the mystery of why some embassies and consulates, but not others, celebrate Pride Month, take a trip to Kabul. Not literally, as that would be a worse idea than visiting Haiti or Baltimore, but via the digital outposts of the nation’s failed diplomatic empire.
In 2021, the US Embassy in Kabul tweeted, “The month of June is recognized as (LGBTI) Pride Month. The United States respects the dignity & equality of LGBTI people & celebrates their contributions to the society. We remain committed to supporting civil rights of minorities, including LGBTI persons. #Pride2021 #PrideMonth.”
In August 2021, the Taliban took Kabul. The embassy ‘saigoned’ itself out of there, but not before costing at least 13 American lives, and is now permanently virtual. The collapse of Afghanistan is not enough to shut down any part of the State Department. Despite being unable to operate in Kabul, the U.S. Embassy continues to conduct its business. Foreign aid, which was 99% of our function in Afghanistan, continues to flow by the billions to the terrorists.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul has taken the time out to celebrate ‘Mother’s Day’ in Pashtun (a people that believes that mothers should be ‘burkaed’ and beaten, not heard), ‘Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month’ and ‘World Press Freedom Day’ in a nation where the only free press is living in caves.
Afghans with access to Twitter are informed that there are over 2,700 mosques in America.
Most of those Afghans can only wonder what the hell is wrong with America. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul (not actually in Kabul) believes that the one thing that can give Afghans hope is the knowledge that the Taliban aren’t just taking over in their country, but also in America.
Among all this diplomat-ish nonsense, the one thing you won’t find the U.S. Embassy in Kabul tweeting about is Pride Month or displaying any colorful rainbow flags.
What happened between Pride Month 2021 in Kabul and all the lost pride months since?
Afghanistan, like the rest of the Muslim world, is now fully run under Sharia law. We didn’t have to worry about offending the old puppet regime, but we strive not to offend the Taliban.
There’s no more talk of Pride Month to Afghans, no lesbian studies or any of the stuff that our diplomats used to waste their time on while American boys were fighting and dying in valleys.
The Biden administration will fly its Pride flags in Vatican City and Jerusalem, but you won’t hear about it in Riyadh, Doha, Islamabad or Kabul. In the great intersectional roundabout, Muslims are higher on the totem pole than ever drag queens and not a word must be said to offend them. It’s alright to offend Catholics and Orthodox Jews, but thou shalt not cross a Koranist.
The flags of Pride Month fly from Warsaw to Bogota, and from Oslo to Port-au-Prince, but the army of pride doesn’t venture to hang its banners in Baghdad, and never mind, Benghazi.
Like feminism, the LGBTQ movement stops at the line in the sand drawn by Sharia law.
And the Biden administration, the State Department, and the alphabet soup activists are fine with that, because it was never about rights, but about bringing down western civilization.
There’s no need to hang up flags in Riyadh, when your goal is to destroy Rome and Jerusalem.
Wellington says
America is sinking fast. The rot (including abysmal deference to Islam) is extensive by those with power, be it in the government, Big Tech, businesses aplenty (including sports franchises and breweries), the media, the military and, yes, the public educational system. All are presently involved in destroying the traditional Judeo-Christian value system and one by now knows this or should know it. As an example of what has happened to public education in America there is this (less than a minute) which I consider evidence of pure evil because if a society’s children are not off limits then nothing is off limits:
https://rumble.com/v2s9sx0-get-your-children-out-of-the-public-school-system-now.html
Peacelover says
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somehistory says
Poor children. Poor, poor children. Thanks, Wellington, for sharing this example of the putrid depravity and perversion taking over society and subjecting the youngest…who survive the pp monsters, to the vilest, feculent sub-humans in control.
The “teachers” of this demonic stuff, should be the only ones entering. No kids should be sent to pubic school.
Sodom and Gomorrah had nothing on these creatures.
Wellington says
You know, somehistory, when an agnostic and rogue like me has to be in the forefront of defending traditional values this is indeed evidence of how far the fall has been.
somehistory says
Wellington, you make a great “defender” and many could learn from your example of standing up for what is Right.
Your comment makes me think of something Jesus said, “When the Son of Man arrives, will He really find the Faith on the earth?”
Not just “faith” has been lost by so many, but any ethical, virtuous, conscientious, and Truthful way of living, behaving, treating others are all in short supply.
Kagman says
Filthy reprobates need to be rounded up and jailed like the days of old. The British approach was better.. Neuter them
Rarely says
I don’t see anything the matter with embassies joining in (and enhancing) local celebrations especially celebrations that are occurring simultaneously around much of the World. However, to openly celebrate something which goes against the values and laws of the host country (however repugnant those values and laws may be) would clearly be in bad taste, to say the least. To do so would simply help to erode any influence that country may have with the host country.
There are much greater and more important issues to promote and take a firm stand on than LGBT+ rights.
I speculate that if a poll were to be taken in western democratic countries of the most important issues being faced today LGBT+ rights wouldn’t make the top 10.
Wellington says
I think you’re missing two big issues, Rarely. They are: 1) There is no need to ad nauseam promote sexual lifestyles, especially ones that a huge swath of people think are deviancies and disorders and which run directly and deeply counter to traditional values; 2) Once again is demonstrated that Islam will be deferred to in all kinds of ways that will not occur with other religions, especially Christianity, respecting which religion mercilessly criticizing and mocking it is now quite commonplace (e.g., The Los Angeles Dodgers inviting the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to appear later this June to one of its games). This is evidence of both cowardice and hypocrisy.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Speaking of the Doggers, can one imagine the Detroit Tigers/Lions/Pistons hosting an anti-muslim LGBTQIA+ group that openly mocks/condemns islam and muslims? I’d love to see them, if they exist, do such a parade in Dearborn/Hamtramck & see what happens 😈
࿗Infidel࿘ says
So Rarely
Are you in favor of both
‣ US diplomatic consuls in Vatican, Jerusalem, Delhi, Paris, Port-au-Prince, Bogota, Pretoria, Oslo, Warsaw, Manila, Kampala & all those other non-muslim capitals flying 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ flags alongside 🇺🇸, which is actually a violation of diplomatic protocol (embassies/high commissions are only supposed to fly the national flag of the guest nation)
OR
‣ US diplomatic consuls in Riyadh, Islamabad, Brunei, Baghdad, Kuwait, Amman, Aden, Kabul, Algiers, Doha & other muslim capitals completely ignore the event, despite a real persecution (as in throwing gay people off high buildings or slaughtering them in other ways) of LGBTQIA+ people
Both these activities cannot represent America at the same time. Either we fly 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ everywhere and crack down on muslim countries, which actually slaughter LGBTQIA+ people, like a ton of bricks, ignoring the sensibilities of all countries. Or else, we follow traditional protocol, don’t fly 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ anywhere, ignore what the muslims are doing to their gays, but don’t lecture the likes of Uganda, Japan, India or anyone else on this issue
I noticed that Comrade Justin Trudeau has come down heavily against Uganda’s decision to criminalize homosexuality. Has he said anything similar about Brunei, which last I checked, is also a member of the Commonwealth just like Uganda is?
Wellington says
Fine post, Infidel, but it will be lost on Rarely.
Rarely says
Not lost at all…just not relevant.
Supporting local celebrations if they don’t go against the values of your own country are appropriate. Whether anything should or could be flown along side of your national flag is another matter — if it is wrong it shouldn’t be done.
Flying the LGBT+ rights flag in muslim countries (or any country that doesn’t support LGBT+ rights) is just counterproductive and accomplishes nothing.
Action to remove persecution of the LGBT+ community in those countries should be done at the diplomatic level.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Rarely
The same consideration was not shown to countries like Uganda, which recently passed a law criminalizing homosexuality. Or Japan, where the great former mayor of Chicago & now ambassador Rahm Emanuel was lecturing the Japanese on Pride month. Or India, where only the Supreme Court judges want gay rights, but the government has been resisting & dragging its feet on it. The only people whose sensibilities were respected were the muslims, who happen to be the worst offenders when it comes to LGBTQIA+
Diplomatic missions should just do their core work – protecting Americans visiting/working there, processing visa applications of locals wanting to visit the US and handling diplomatic meetings w/ host officials
Mary C says
I never would’ve thought I’d ever be on the same side as Moslems about anything, but here we are with the transgender, gender identity, and drag queen garbage!
࿗Infidel࿘ says
You should not be on the same side as muslims even on this issue. Treat it as one more of those “Alien vs Predator” scenarios, just like that potential flare-up b/w Iran and the Taliban
Kepha says
I do not see Islam as a friend, and if I am kind to Muslims, it’s because my religion (Christianity) enjoins it, and I have seen enough mortad to witness and let God work His hopefully gracious will in His own good time. But I freely admit that it gives me a certain amount of satisfaction (perhaps even Schadenfreude) to contemplate what the Islam-LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ alliance may ultimately bring, and to see Communist China having to deal with Islamicist ferment in its western regions.
For the sake of both Islam and the perv lobby, our [mal]administration and major media are willing to attack the First Amendment. We live in a golden age of folly and lies in these United States
somehistory says
This can’t be akin to the “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Wrong is wrong, and everything about islam is wrong. They don’t allow A Supreme Authority to judge and punish those with whom they disagree, but take their fake stand against homosexuality to the level of hypocrisy … murdering some, while engaging in the practice themselves and hiding what they are.
mozlums engage in homosexuality. mozlums throw homosexuals to their death, or hang them.
They engage and yet put themselves in the seat of Judgment of others doing the same acts.
I believe stealing is wrong, but I wouldn’t be cutting off hands and feet of those who steal. Lying is wrong, but God will deal as He sees fit in the case of liars.
I could never see agreeing with mozlums on anything they do…they are liars, hypocrites, rapists, thieves and murderers….and as immoral as the day is long.
Peacelover says
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somehistory says
Thank you.
Kepha says
Uncle Kepha is deeply ashamed of his former shop, the aptly named Foggy [bu%%ered] Bottom, and now sees his being a victim of the so-called “peace dividend” as a blessing in disguise. He would’ve felt utterly disgraced had he been called to remonstrate with the Ugandans, back in the O years, over that country having anti-sodomy laws on its books. Imagine if the Ugandan interlocutor had been a Baganda Roman Catholic or Anglican who would’ve honored his share of those martyred teens who were burned alive for refusing to be sodomized by their royal master Mwanga II!
I recall the sordid, sordid streets of Bangkok, where ponytailed forty-somethings from the Western world who knew they were riddled with HIV/AIDS sought last flings with partners of either sex as young as they could find them. Please do not tell me that the LGBTQ crowd is made up of fine, sensitive young men holding the highest standards of morality. Now, as a teacher, I see the transgender ideology pushed on the vulnerable young. My guess is that the perverted jades among our elite need to expand the pool of young, vulnerable sexual playthings available to them. I see Harvey Milk touted as a hero and role model, when his “authentic self” preyed on teenaged runaways on the streets of Sodom Francisco back in the day.
Our wonderfully devout Roman Catholic POTUS [sarc off] who never saw an abortion he didn’t love and stole another man’s wife, cocked the middle finger at his own Pope by flying a pride [such as goeth before destruction] flag from our mission to the Vatican, but now he is sooooooooooo obsequious towards the Islamic world!
But, as a Protestant, I dare not boast, Our Mainline denominations are deeply implicated in all of this as well, calling for the celebration of the very thing which Moses calls an abomination and Paul calls a corrupt fruit of idolatry.
To those who see the LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ “community” as an ally against Islam, fuggedabouddit (as they say in my native Nawt Joysey). These are among the worst of those who are oh-so vigilant against any expression of Christianity in our public schools, but who are ever-accommodating towards Islam, have made the despicable Malcolm X into a secular saint; and speak of the “dignity” Islam gives to its adherents [never daring to mention that such are only its dominant male adherents]. The lGBTQRSTUVWXYZ “community” also would have us encourage the permanent mutilation of minors and go behind parental backs in doing so! To accommodate this human cesspool, our [mal-]administration of Zhou Baideng [周拜邓 Joe who worships Deng of 6/4/89 infamy】would do away with our Constitution’s First Amendment!
When I teach, I mention the laws of Dhimmi status when we deal with Islam, and also the Turkish genocides of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I tell of Devirsme; and point out that Mehmet Ali was a red-haired, long-nosed, freckled Albanian who stole Egypt from his Ottoman masters partly to get control of a lucrative slave trade out of the Sudan. Occasionally, I get to slip out what our perv elite really wants from our sexually confused young. But this is only a teaspoon trying to empty the ocean of evil around us. Were it not for the imputed righteousness of Christ, I would despair.
America, thy name is Ichabod! You have been graced with so much by the Almighty, but now flout the moral law at every turn! Save us, O LORD!
Jim says
The US government should only celebrate patriotic Americanism in its flags and embassies. Not the far left attempt to destroy traditional Judeo Christian morals. The fact that they exempt Islam shows they are unwilling to risk the violence that hoisting these flags in their countries would provoke. They are bullies and cowards in the WH, and that is what we expect from Joe and his gang.
OLD GUY says
Hell the next thing you know we will be celebrating a month and having a flag for criminals in our prisons who have banned together for PRIDE and recognition of their life style as rapist, thieves and murders. Just about as nuts as GAY PRIDE MONTH.