Schumer pushes bill to give Pride flag same status as US, military flags

Schumer announced plans to introduce legislation that would make the flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ movement, a congressionally authorized flag. The distinction would enshrine the flag with similar protections as the U.S. flag, military flags, POW/MIA flags and others recognized by Congress.

His move comes after the Trump administration removed a Pride flag from a national monument outside the Stonewall Inn earlier this month. A clash between police and patrons at a gay bar in the 1960s is widely considered the birth of the gay rights movement.

"Stonewall is sacred ground and Congress must act now to permanently protect the Pride flag and what it stands for," Schumer said. "Trump's hateful crusade must end."

The flag has since been reinstalled atop the pole outside the Stonewall Inn, and Schumer's legislative push would prevent it from being taken down in the future.