“Frankly I’m incensed the flag that represents us has been cheapened and is being turned into sugar water to wash down this bitter pill,” said Burnson.ĭuring the hearing the two justices admitted they had not fully vetted their request with the State Judicial Commission. Military veteran James Burnson considered the idea as an unacceptable trade off. The inclusion of the POW/MIA flag, in the initial request, was not viewed as a compliment by some at the hearing. “I just want you to think about the sacrifice and the courage and the bravery both the rainbow flag and the POW, MIA flag represent, these,” said Rodriguez. Zack Rodriguez told the court he is gay and that the pride flag discussion is about him.
Three people did speak in support of the idea. “Those two flags adequately represent every single soul in this country and in this building,” said John Frias. That objection from the poll was voiced again during the hearing.
He said the response from Williamson County residents was almost entirely against flying anything beyond the state and national flags.
Before the hearing, Gravell ran an informal poll on his Facebook account.
