After gay Pride flag flap, N.J. school fills windows with rainbow banners

The gay Pride flag seems to be hanging everywhere at the front of Passaic Preparatory Academy – everywhere except the flagpole out front. Students at the Passaic school hoisted the LGBTQ+ banner up the flagpole without a hitch last year, when there was no school board policy that covered ceremonial flag displays. This year, there is a policy. It only allows the American flag, the New Jersey state flag or a school flag to flown. A student group, the Gay Straight Alliance, says the policy is discriminatory and staged a demonstration in March. But the Board of Education says the policy applies to…

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