President Joe Biden's White House featured the homosexual "pride" flag prominently on the building's facade on Saturday. "America is a nation of pride," Biden said of his administration's celebration of <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/2-nhl-players-refuse-don-lgbt-pride-jerseys-citing-christian-faith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBT</a> "pride month" in a tweet featuring the flag. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Today, the People's House – your house – sends a clear message to the country and to the world.</p> America is a nation of pride. <a href="https://t.co/ZZS9oTpDww">pic.twitter.com/ZZS9oTpDww</a> — President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1667715777145847808?">June 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Many Americans were saddened and angered by Biden's decision to feature the LGBT flag on the White House -- days before the patriotic holiday of Flag Day, no less. <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/rfk-jr-shames-biden-goes-border-exposes-impact-unfinished-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a> chose to recognize National Flag Week with a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/06/09/a-proclamation-on-flag-day-and-national-flag-week-2023/#:~:text=NOW%2C%20THEREFORE%2C%20I%2C%20JOSEPH,2023%2C%20as%20National%20Flag%20Week." target="_blank" rel="noopener">written statement</a> on the White House's website. The American flag itself was placed in a flanking position to the LGBT flag in the outdoor display. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">This is a disgrace. The US flag DOES NOT FLANK *ANY* FLAG. Especially not on OUR White House. <a href="https://t.co/dYdEBsGKX1">pic.twitter.com/dYdEBsGKX1</a></p> — CannCon (@CannConActual) <a href="https://twitter.com/CannConActual/status/1667650134656655361?">June 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Some Twitter users even described the placement as a violation of the U.S. flag code -- a law regulating the display of the American flag on government and military installations. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="qme"><a href="https://t.co/NVyGXP3Kc2">pic.twitter.com/NVyGXP3Kc2</a></p> — Dude_Ohio (@dude_ohio) <a href="https://twitter.com/dude_ohio/status/1667717355449769985?">June 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> The flag code does apply to the use of the <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/military-family-brought-tears-amazon-delivery-driver-american-flag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flag</a> when mounted on a staff, rather than hung from a building. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">U.S. Flag Code §7.</p> e. The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the highest point of the group when a number of flags... are grouped and displayed Biden is violating the flag code by putting the ridiculous black trans pride flag at the center. <a href="https://t.co/08w87RxfLT">pic.twitter.com/08w87RxfLT</a> — Maxwell Meyer (@mualphaxi) <a href="https://twitter.com/mualphaxi/status/1667717242727936002?">June 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> The <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/4/7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">code</a> requires the flag to be displayed most prominently, forbidding the placement of another flag in a superior position to the American flag. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">To advance revolutionary transgender agenda targeting children, Biden violates basic tenet of US Flag Code and disrespects every American service member buried under its colors.</p> U.S. Flag Code §7. (e) The flag of the United States of America should be at the center and at the… <a href="https://t.co/YiGbP8BQld">pic.twitter.com/YiGbP8BQld</a> — Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1667878656964714496?">June 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Biden described the attendees of the White House's LGBT "pride" event as the most <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/d-day-veteran-remembers-7-words-winston-churchill-told-normandy-landings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">courageous</a> group he'd seen in the "recent past --" declining to mention American veterans of the Global War on Terror, Ukrainian soldiers, or 9/11 first responders. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Biden tells the audience at his Pride Month event: "I see more courage on this lawn than any time I've seen in the recent past" <a href="https://t.co/TcDvOCxotX">pic.twitter.com/TcDvOCxotX</a></p> — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1667588970815815681?">June 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Biden also criticized laws passed by Republican-governed states barring the use of supposed gender transitions on children during the event. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Biden: “Dangerous” anti-LGBT laws “attack the most basic values and freedoms we have as Americans — that’s not hyperbole.” <a href="https://t.co/OGy8cZlB6c">pic.twitter.com/OGy8cZlB6c</a></p> — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1667623401278566400?">June 10, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> This article appeared originally on <a href="https://www.westernjournal.com/">The Western Journal</a>.