Omaha resident spreads pride with free flags for neighbors

[Omaha Steve]

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Thomas Smith has seen plenty of recent reasons for LGBTQ+ communities to feel discouraged.

But the Bellevue chiropractor and longtime resident of the Morton Meadows neighborhood in south-central Omaha said he was moved to action in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 24 ruling on abortion. Smith said he read the concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote that the decision that legalized gay marriage should be “reconsidered.”

“I was just thinking, ‘What can I do?’ “ Smith said. “I’m an optimistic person, but it’s easy to get discouraged at times like this. I didn’t want to give up.”

That same day, he took to the Morton Meadows neighborhood Facebook group with an offer: He would buy anyone in the neighborhood a pride flag if they promised to display it through the end of Omaha’s pride celebrations, which will take place this Saturday.

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