Hamtramck, Michigan is a majority Muslim city near Detroit.\u00a0 When the city government became majority Muslim\u00a0 in 2016 the liberal white population there cheered.\u00a0 But things haven’t gone as well as the white residence had hoped.\u00a0 Recently the city council voted the banning of pride flags from city property and the liberal minority feels betrayed.<\/p>\n
Well, welcome to planet Earth where Muslims aren’t big fans of the rainbow coalition taking too big an interest in their children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a sense of betrayal,\u201d said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American. \u201cWe supported you when you were threatened, and now our rights are threatened, and you\u2019re the one doing the threatening.<\/strong><\/p>\n After several years of diversity on the council, some see irony in an all-male, Muslim elected government that does not reflect the city\u2019s makeup.<\/strong><\/p>\n …<\/strong><\/p>\n Their talking points mirror those made elsewhere: some Hamtramck Muslims say they simply want to protect children, and gay people should \u201ckeep it in their home\u201d.”<\/strong><\/p>\n This mirrors similar fault lines that show up between Latinos and the various cohorts of the queer coalition.<\/p>\n The intersection of Muslims and LGBTQ not such a happy corner https:\/\/t.co\/gemV5mLqXY<\/a><\/p>\n — orionscoldfire (@orionscoldfire) June 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n