대한민국 주재 미국대사관이 Black Lives Matter 배너랑 동성애자 상징 깃발을 내렸다

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US embassy in Seoul removes Black Lives Matter banner and Pride flag

By Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN

Updated 2020 GMT (0420 HKT) June 15, 2020

Washington (CNN)The US Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, has removed a large banner for the Black Lives

 Matter movement after a request from State Department leadership and taken down a rainbow flag that

 celebrates LGBTQ pride.

Senior State Department leadership asked the embassy in Seoul to take down the Black Lives Matter

sign that Ambassador Harry Harris had hung from the building's façade Saturday, according to a source

familiar with the issue. A spokesman for the embassy confirmed to CNN that the large Pride flag has also

come down.

The request from the department's 7th floor -- where Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

A challenge

The banners stood as a challenge to President Donald Trump and his administration at a time when they

 have been harshly criticized for their stand on racism and LGBTQ issues. The Pride flag was removed

Monday night in Seoul, just hours before the Supreme Court rulederased protections

Harris posted the BLM sign as the administration has been under fire for its response to nationwide

protests after the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody. Trump has

compounded anger about racial injustice with his decision to oppose a Pentagon proposal

The administration's decision to disperse peaceful protesters outside the White House with tear gas,

 rubber bullets and violence so the President could stage a photo-op with a Bible outside a nearby church

has raised questions about its commitment to freedom of assembly.

The U.S. Embassy stands in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand

positive change. Our #BlackLivesMatterpic.twitter.com/Y4Thr2MRdw

— U.S. Embassy Seoul (@USEmbassySeoul) June 13, 2020

On Saturday, the US Embassy in Seoul tweeted

Harris, a retired four-star admiral who previously served as the commander of US military forces in the

Pacific theater before he retired from the Navy, made clear the decision to post the sign was his.

 

Quoting President John F. Kennedy's speech in June 1963, Harris tweeted, "I believe in what President JFK

 said on June 10, 1963 at American University: 'If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can

 help make the world safe for diversity.' USA is a free & diverse nation...from that diversity we gain our

strength."

CNN has reached out to the State Department and the White House for comment.

The Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, tweeted

his appreciation to Harris on Monday. "Thank you @USEmbassySeoul for your principled stand against

racism & support for LGBTQ+ community. I know the US lacks ethical leadership from the WH, but there

are millions of Americans who appreciate you demonstrating American values to the world.

#BlackLivesMatter #Pride," Engel wrote.

A spokesman for the embassy said in a statement that "the Ambassador decided to put the Black Lives

Banner up to communicate a message of solidarity with Americans concerned with racism, especially

racial violence against African Americans."

US embassy in Seoul removes Black Lives Matter and Gay Pride banners

"He wanted to highlight the enduring American values of racial equality, freedom of speech, and the right

to peacefully protest. However, the Ambassador's intent was not to support or encourage donations to

any specific organization. To avoid the misperception that American taxpayer dollars were spent to benefit

 such organizations, he directed that the banner be removed," the statement continued.

"This in no way lessens the principles and ideals expressed by raising the banner, and the Embassy

will look for other ways to convey fundamental American values in these times of difficulty at home.

The statement went on to quote Pompeo, noting that he recently said, "America is rightly outraged at the

brutal killing of George Floyd and our country will prosecute his killers and respect the right to protest

peacefully."

A gay marriage critic

The question of flying the Pride flag during June -- recognized as LGBTQ Pride Month -- has been

 an issue in the past.

Last year, certain embassies were denied permission to fly the flag on their flagpoles, though State

Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said at the time the State Department and Pompeo had

 no issue with it being flown elsewhere at the embassies.

In a briefing last June, Ortagus said that Pompeo "respects the dignity of every individual," but "Secretary

 has the position that, as it relates to the flagpole, that only the American flag should be flown there

" when asked about embassies not being permitted to fly the rainbow flag.

"Pride Month that we're in right now is celebrated around the world by many State Department employees,

 by many embassies. The Secretary has the position that, as it relates to the flagpole, that only the

American flag should be flown there. But he, of course, as he said in his congressional testimony,

respects the dignity of every individual and I think all of you can do a simple easy google or twitter

 search and see the pictures of members, embassies, ambassadors, people of the foreign service

 celebrating pride throughout the world," she said.

The Pride banner removed from US Embassy Seoul was not flying from the flagpole.

Pompeo has come under criticism for his views on the LGBTQ community and same-sex marriage,

with several groups opposing his nomination to become secretary of state on those grounds.

While a congressman from Kansas, Pompeo co-sponsored bills that would keep the definition of marriage

 as between a man and a woman and he was harshly critical when same-sex marriage was legalized,

 vowing to fight "to protect our most sacred institutions."

As of 11 a.m. ET Monday, the embassy website

요약번역: 미 국무부가 대한민국 주재 미 대사관에 Black Lives Matter 배너랑 동성애자 상징 깃발을 내리라고

명령을 했답니다 (제보를 한 사람의 정체는 공개하지 않더라구요 ㅎㅎ 그 이슈에 대해 잘 아는 사람이라고만

 표현을 했습니다)

그 명령에 따라 월요일 밤에 내렸습니다

월요일 밤에 내렸고 카페분들도 아실수도 있겠지만 트럼프 및 트럼프 행정부에 반항하려고 한거구요

(그 외에는 뭔가 알아야 할 거 같은 정보가 보이지 않아서 추가로 요약을 하지 않았습니다)

[계 정혜]

그렇군요
소식 고맙습니다

[암노깡]

고맙습니다. 땡큐!^^

[가람]

그렇군요. 좋은 소식입니다.

[워리]

고맙습니다.

[kimi]

풍요님 고맙습니다...........^^ 왕짱!...ㅎㅎㅎㅎ

[human]

콧수염난 주한대사놈도 끄나풀인가보네요.

[하여간]

그런가 봅니다.
신뢰할 인물로 봤는데
영 아니었나 보네요

[이경미]

감사합니다^ ^ 풍요로운 우주님..