Yemeni Immigrant on Pride Flag on Government Buildings: “We Only Salute the American Flag”



“Our soldiers fought, bled, and died in the jungles of Iwo Jima and the beaches of Omaha so that you and I can live with peace, prosperity, and freedom,” a man who immigrated from Yemen said during a City Council Meeting in Hamtramck, Michigan, about banning controversial flags, including the LGBTQ flag, from city property. “Those soldiers fought under the American flag, and no other.