The Confederate flag was torn from its pole by an activist less than 24 hours after the president sang Amazing Grace.Ī cartoon in five panels, side-by-side, shows a Confederate flag lowered as a rainbow flag is raised. The ruling brings to an end more than a decade of bitter legal battles.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States. The flag is used as a symbol of gay pride and is now used worldwide. The rainbow flag, commonly the gay pride flag and LGBT pride flag, is a symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) pride and LGBT social movements.