Oh, let us count the ways. Queerty links to a story from Meade, Kansas about a straight couple, J.R. and Robin Knight, who run a bed and breakfast and recently started flying a rainbow flag outside their home. That was all it took for the local gentry to hit the roof: a radio station pulled ads, a local preacher came by to lecture them, and some guy on the news compared it to a Nazi flag in a Jewish community. Buried in the news story was that most people in the town had no idea what the rainbow flag until the local paper so kindly pointed it out. The kicker? The couple claim they hadn’t even meant it to be a gay pride symbol. (The owner’s son had picked it up after a trip to the Wizard of Oz museum because it reminded him of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”) Now Knight’s pissed and refuses to take it down, saying, “Any gay or lesbian people that do stop by will be treated with the best service I can give you.” We can’t think of a better unintended consequence than creating a gay oasis in the town of Meade. C’mon. Gay people love bed-and-breakfasts, right? Lakeway Hotel. Operators are standing by.

Rainbow flag creates controversy [KBSD 6]

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