Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke’s Health System will not display Pride flags during this year’s Pride Month, Boise State Public Radio reported. The health system started flying the flags in 2022 to raise awareness of health disparities facing the LGBTQ community, according to the May story. “In recent months, local efforts to raise the Inclusive Progress Pride flag have become increasingly contentious for some,” St. Luke’s wrote in an internal memo published by the Idaho Family Policy Center, a conservative Christian lobbying organization that had pushed for the flag’s removal. “This has diverted focus to public debates about the flag rather than our original intent to signal that St. Luke’s is a welcoming environment for all.”

A St. Luke’s spokesperson told the news outlet the decision was “

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