US Embassy says gay flag was flown at at all their embassies worldwide

Jamaica AG under fire for voicing disapproval of rainbow flag at US Embassy

The United States Embassy in Jamaica says the rainbow flag being flown at its consulate is also being flown "across the globe" at all its embassies.

A tweet from the US Embassy this afternoon read: "Across the globe US Embassies flying our flag half-mast in memorial & rainbow flag in solidarity w LGBT our citizens."

The tweet comes hours after a controversial tweet from Attorney General Marlene Malahoo-Forte denouncing the flying of the rainbow flag in Jamaica, following a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday.

"I strongly condemn #OrlandoNightClubShooting but find it disrespectful of Jamaica's laws to have #RainbowFlag flown here. #MyPersonalView," Malahoo Forte said in a post on Monday.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL MARLENE MALAHOO FORTE (CREDIT: JAMAICA GLEANER FILE PHOTO)

Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte has come under criticism and is being asked to explain herself, after saying that the United States Embassy in Jamaica was disrespecting the island’s laws by flying a rainbow flag, following the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday.

The rainbow flag, which is symbol of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, has been flying at half mast next to the US flag at the Embassy in Kingston.

But Malahoo Forte made it clear, in a post on Twitter, that she did not agree with that expression of solidarity.

Stressing that it was her personal opinion, Malahoo Forte tweeted yesterday that while she condemned the gun attack by Omar Mateen, which left 50 people dead and 53 injured, she found it “disrespectful of Jamaica’s laws” to have to the rainbow flag flying there. Buggery remains illegal in Jamaica.

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However, the US Embassy replied to Malahoo Forte’s tweet, asking her to explain her “legal reasoning”.

The Attorney General has also been harshly criticized by some on Twitter, while others agreed that she had a valid point.

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Comment by Bombahdrop on July 4, 2016 at 7:17am: The truth is NEVER hateful...Its only deemed as hateful when decent normal people make them face what they are doing to our civilization..The immoral and perverse HATE THE TRUTH..and in true fashion..they try to accuse us of hating .but anyone who has read the HOMOSEXUAL MANIFESTO..CAN SEE THEY ARE THE TRUE HATERS...THE ATTACKERS..THEY HAVE GREATLY THREATENED US....ITS NOT LOVING TO HUMANITY TO PERVERT NATURE AND DEPRIVE FAMILIES OF FAMILY MEMBERS THROUGH RECRUITMENT..Our government is unstable..and perverse ....ITS REBELLION..Telling the truth may save some of the homos from destruction..the second death...

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Comment by John on June 27, 2016 at 5:18pm: Who does this but one h*** to another. Obama!!

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Comment by T dot on June 21, 2016 at 1:33pm: I doubt the flag was flown in Arabic Countries where US has Embassy

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