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(LifeSiteNews) — Flags and banners are important symbols that claim and establish territory or convey an important message.
When explorers set sail for new worlds, they planted their nation’s flag in the sandy soil where their ships landed, claiming the newly discovered land for their king and queen.
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon in July 1969, one of the first things they did was plant the stars and stripes in the barren lunar landscape, declaring to all humanity back on Earth that the moon was first reached by the U.S. That flag dealt a crushing symbolic, humiliating blow to the Soviets: They had lost the space race. And among many Americans back then, there was a strong sense that the moon did indeed belong to the United States.
Fast forward 46 years: Many would say that the White House engulfed in the colors of the rainbow flag on June 26, 2015, was nothing more than a sign of celebration, a well-deserved message of congratulations to the LGBT “community” after the Supreme Court’s ruling
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