Federal appeals court upholds Hamtramck’s ban on Pride flags on city property

By: Jon King

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: August 25, 2026

Words: 358

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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A federal appellate court has upheld a decision allowing Hamtramck to ban Pride flags on city-owned property.

The ruling, issued Aug. 21 by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, affirmed the Sept. 2025 dismissal by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan of a challenge to Hamtramck’s 2023 ban on flying Pride and other group flags on city-owned flagpoles.

The court held that even assuming the poles had previously …

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