Christian conservative Bryan Fischer
has demanded the removal of the rainbow flag, calling it “a symbol
of oppression.”
Fischer made his comments while
discussing the controversy over the Confederate flag.
“If we are going to remove symbols of
oppression from our culture,” Fischer
told his radio listeners. “If we come to the point where we
say any flag that represents bigotry, any flag that represents
hatred, any flag that represents slavery or oppression needs to be
removed, then I want to suggest to you that the next flag to go ought
to be the rainbow flag of the Gay Reich.”
“The rainbow flag represents the gay
lobby. It represents Big Gay. It represents … the Gay Reich.
They've got a flag just like the Nazis had their flag.”
“That flag is a symbol of slavery and
oppression and bigotry and prejudice and bias,” he continued. “So,
if we're going to go after symbols of oppression, we ought to make
the rainbow flag the next target for removal in our culture.”