Ames, Iowa is known for its pride flag crosswalks. They say the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration requested they be painted over as a safety hazard. But the town says it has no such jurisdiction to make them do so.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has sent a letter to officials in the town of Ames, Iowa, known for its rainbow-colored LGBTQ pride flag crosswalks, and requested they be painted over because they didn't comply with federal traffic control standards.
A person uses a road crossing adorned with the colours of the rainbow in Perigueux, France on May 17, 2018 as part of events marking International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Ames, Iowa is ignoring a request from the Trump administration to remove a series of similar-looking LGBTQ flag colored crosswalks from its downtown area for being road hazards.City Attorney Mark O.
"With the system of federalism in the United States, the federal government does not have jurisdiction over everything," Lambert's letter said in part.
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