Possible threat vs Ford, who ordered to remove rainbow flag
Posted February 7, 2014 12:51 pm.
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TORONTO (NEWS1130) – A spokesman for Rob Ford says police are at the Toronto mayor’s office investigating a potential threat to Ford and his family.
The news comes just hours after Ford ordered city staff to take down a rainbow flag that was raised outside city hall today in support of gay and human rights as the Olympic Games begin in Sochi, Russia.
Ford’s spokesman, Amin Massoudi, says the potential threat is unrelated.
Earlier today, Ford said he wants to see the Canadian flag raised instead of the rainbow flag, because the Olympics are “about being patriotic to your country” and not “about someone’s sexual preference.”
When told the gesture was meant to protest anti-gay laws in Russia, Ford replied: “Let Russia do what they want. We’re Canadians here.”
Toronto is one of several Canadian cities — including Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton and Vancouver — to fly the rainbow flag, a long-standing symbol of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights and pride.
