I thought I remembered you mentioning some where on here back during the winter that you saw a better future over at Burger King and you left. You WANT RESPECT THEN GIVE IT TO THOSE WHO DESERVE AND EARNED IT.”īob Giancarlo85: Wow! Girl woke up with me on her mind this morning, didn’t she? Your right. “Its this shit that will drive ppl to hate on you. “Im all for gay rights and equal for all but DO NOT DISRESPECT THOSE WHO SERVED, SACRIFICED, AND DIED FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM,” wrote one commenter in response to Freeman’s post. Congratulations to all of us! Love to you all.īut many were upset at the implied comparison between the struggle for gay rights and the sacrifice on the battle field. When I took this picture almost ten years ago, it never, never occurred to me that it would someday come to symbolize the victory we are celebrating today. Freeman himself posted the picture to his Facebook account with the following message:
Most recently, Freeman’s image resurfaced after last week’s Supreme Court victory. Since then, it has been used across countless social media posts for its highly recognizable features - four men work to raise a rainbow flag, instantly evoking Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1945 photo at Iwo Jima (left). Photographer Ed Freeman created the gay flag image to the right more than 10 years ago for the cover of Frontiers magazine.
