![]() The Torah tells us that all humanity suffered the deluge, received Noah’s covenant, and benefit from God’s promise that he will never again destroy the earth or its inhabitants by flood (Genesis 9:11-16). I also don’t think that, as children of Noah, any of us can complain about the use of what is after all supposed to be a universal symbol. ![]() It remains a powerful symbol of identity.īut the children’s drawings I have seen look nothing like the distinctive LGBTQ flag. It first had 8 colours, but that was reduced to 6. The gay pride rainbow flag was devised by the artist, Gilbert Baker, in 1978. Some complain that the use of the rainbow is an unfair expropriation of the symbol of LGBTQ pride. During our initial lockdown, the rainbow became a symbol of gratitude for the health professionals battling Corona and so rainbows are now displayed up and down the land in appreciation for the heroism of those who care. Children’s drawings in shop and house windows, tied to trees, stuck to bus stops. In London, where I live, there are rainbows everywhere.
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