
A Wisconsin couple couldn't fly their Pride flag, so they lit up their home like a rainbow
CNN
On May 31, Memo Fachino and his husband, Lance Mier, set up six floodlights -- one for each color of the standard Pride flag -- and pointed them toward the front of their brick home. The display bathes the house in a rainbow glow all night long.
It's a symbol of inclusion, Fachino said, and a signal to the rest of their Racine neighborhood that all are welcome there. So when their neighborhood homeowners' association enacted a new policy last month that barred residents from flying anything other than an American flag, Fachino found a workaround -- and turned his home into the Pride flag.
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