ADL demands apology after Jewish participants kicked out of Chicago pride event

The Anti-Defamation League is calling on the organizers of a Chicago LGBTQ pride march to apologize after three women were ejected from the march for carrying Jewish Pride flags.

On Saturday, organizers of the 21st annual Chicago Dyke March told the women that the rainbow flags with a white Star of David in the center would “made people feel unsafe” and that the march was “anti-Zionist” and “pro-Palestinian.”

In a statement, ADL CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt calls the incident “outrageous,” saying the “community of LGBTQ supporters is diverse and that is part of its tremendous strength.”

“Both the act and the explanation were anti-Semitic, plain and simple. We stand with A Wider Bridge and others in demanding an apology. We appreciate the Human Rights Campaign’s support and we call on other leaders from LGBTQ and progressive communities to join us in condemning this exclusion,” he says.