Pro-life flag won’t fly at city hall … but they do fly the gay pride flag
After promising to approve a pro-life flag to fly in front of city hall, the mayor now says it needs to be replaced by something less divisive. According to Val Hettrick, past president of Prince Albert Right to Life , Mayor Greg Dionne initially said he would stand by his decision to fly the flag featuring Umbert the Unborn cartoon figure despite an outcry from abortion supporters. “I give Mayor Dionne credit for standing up for free speech in the past,” Hettrick told LifeSiteNews. “But now he says we have to change the sign and the reasons keep changing. It’s smoke and mirrors.” Dionne proclaimed Celebrate Life Week last year and says he will do so again this year, at a Monday ceremony in front of City Hall to mark the May 11 March for Life in Ottawa . However, this year for the first time in more than 20 years, there will be no flag flying on the courtesy pole in front of city hall. For the past 10 years, the flag has featured an image of “Umbert the Unborn,” the wi