Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Utah’s state flag has always featured a beehive, a symbol the early Mormons used for everyone working together. When the state moved to adopt a new flag, it struck a hornet’s nest.⁠ ⁠ A bill signed into law in March said that a redesigned flag, replacing one from 1911, will start flying above the capitol early next year, alongside the former flag, now dubbed the historical flag.⁠ ⁠ Proponents say it replaces a dowdy and unremarkable flag showing the state’s seal with a vibrant banner that stands out. But a long-shot campaign is under way to undo all that and keep the old flag, with supporters accusing new-flag proponents of waving away Utah’s history and even of embracing “woke” politics.⁠ ⁠ “I was hoping this would be a thing that brings people together,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the March flag bill. “I should have known better.”⁠ ⁠ The old Utah flag—which was tweaked 12 years ago to fix a mistake that left the year 1847 in the wrong spot—wasn’t simple or distinctive and it and didn’t look good from a distance, said Ted Kaye, a flag scholar who worked with state officials on the new one.⁠ ⁠ Critics unfurled a slew of complaints. Some accused the governor and state legislators of trying to cancel history.⁠ ⁠ Brandon Beckham, a member of the Utah Republican party state central committee, sponsored a resolution at the state Republican convention last month to reject “the erasure of American history that is engulfing our country” and to display the former flag at all party events. Delegates adopted it.⁠ ⁠ “The original Utah flag has built in it ideals that are true to the founding of the state that are linked to history,” he said, adding that the new design is “just a logo.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ Photo: Taylor Emerson/Utah State University」5月12日 9時00分