From Monday's decision by Judge David Lawson (E.D. Mich.) in Gordon v. City of Hamtramck:
This case concerns a dispute over the display of flags on a series of 18 flagpoles located on city sidewalks lining Joseph Campau Avenue in the City of Hamtramck's downtown historic district. It is undisputed that the flagpoles are on public property and owned by the City. At the center of the dispute is the display of a Gay Pride flag, once sanctioned by [the city Human Relations Commission] and then banned by city government after a change in administrations and a corresponding policy reversal. The plaintiffs, Russ Gordon and Cathy Stackpoole, were members of that commission before they were dismissed for pressing the issue….
In 2021, the Hamtramck City Council authorized the display of a Pride flag at a city-owned flagpole, but then in 2023 it reversed course, implementing this resolution:
