Pence confirms that the sb prez DENIED US Embassy requests to fly the PRIDE FLAG. Another group of Americans to insult/attack! Surprised?.

Good for the president, the VP and the administration. I don't see any swastikas or Muslim nationalist flags flying from any public buildings, at least not out here in the real world. The left coast is another matter entirely. Here in the states that comprised the old Confederacy, we aren't allowed to fly the historic banners, raise monuments, mark graves or have public commemorations except at our own peril. The only exception being the Mississippi state flag which has the St Andrew's cross on it. Even so, it doesn't belong on an embassy flag staff. Nobody's attacking those people, except in the overwrought imaginations of those who keep up the divisive behavior and speech. When these people become a branch of government, then they can fly their silly banners to their heart's content from public buildings. Meanwhile, there's a place where the sun never shines............

Admittedly, I haven't been to any US Embassies ... but do they have multiple flag staffs?
Commercial and private flags should not be flown on the same pole as the US flag, at government buildings.

I recall decades ago, when I was in elementary school, there was a contest to come up with a new American flag design.
I don't know who did the contest, but it was open to all schools in Washington at least.
Ironically, the winning design was a rainbow flag, with a single golden star in the center.

While searching for the current protocols for flying flags over US embassies, I came across the following editorial  (and it captures my thinking perfectly):

The American flag deserves to fly proudly as a solo act

President Donald Trump’s administration is doing right by denying requests by a handful of American embassies to fly the gay pride flag, but not necessarily because it might take issue with gay rights.

Frankly speaking, the American flag alone should fly on federal government flagpoles and leave the political displays – all of them – to some other forum.

Old Glory’s stars and stripes do a good job of projecting the primary message we need to be sending: that she represents all of America. Even where divisiveness exists, our flag should remain the one symbol of unity that includes all Americans.

State flagpoles, and obviously private displays, are a different story, but those representing the entire United States of America should do just that.