Other than my kids walking down the street, seeing a rainbow banner on a light pole and saying, ‘Papa, look at that. I have nothing to gain from this other than representation. On the other hand, Kiel Cavalli said his family received online threats, going so far as to call him and his husband pedophiles, however, he maintained seeing LGBTQ representation in their small town is important. Husbands Matthew Cavalli, 43, and Kiel Cavalli, 41, who started an LGBTQ nonprofit in Solvang, said they have received death threats. “Residents overwhelmingly don’t want the banners for the entire month, but I still got a lot of threats and emails … and they are even going through my trash to dig up some dirt, I guess,” Clarke said. However, this led to barrages of abuse from people on the extremes of both sides of political spectrum.Ĭlarke alleged a group of woke activists took their disappointment too far after the council’s decision not to allow the Pride flags to remain on display. The council on April 21 rejected the Cavallis’ motion, but did allow them to be displayed for 10 days. The dustup started after husbands Kiel and Matthew Cavalli asked the city council earlier this year to allow the rainbow-colored banners to be displayed in the main thoroughfare of the town, and paint crosswalks for the entire Pride Month of June, according to an LA Times report.

“I think if somebody were to try and sue us, they would have a pretty good shot of it, unfortunately.” ONEderchild, a toy store, with a Pride Flag along Copenhagen Drive in downtown Solvang, Calif. “How do we say no to the next group that wants to put their flags up? Right now, I don’t know. “They don’t want any flags - not MAGA, not ‘Right to Life,’ and not anything to do with Proud Boys. “But now, this issue has become polarizing and some of the residents wish it never came up.” “We’ve been a Danish destination for decades and that’s why tourists love coming here because it’s fun,” Solvang council member Robert Clarke told The Post. Some council members even said they have received death threats. The “most charming town in California” has been dragged into the nation’s culture war over LGBTQ pride flags, frustrating residents and business owners who want to stay out of the political brouhaha.ĭanish-themed town Solvang - famous for its charming windmills and picturesque 18th century Danish-inspired architecture - has been reluctantly embroiled in controversy after the city council voted against a proposal to hang Pride banners in the downtown area for an entire month.

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