It was a standing-room-only crowd at the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids as former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeg spoke.

The move led the capital city governments of Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, to designate the Pride flags as official city flags, so they can still fly them under the bans.

Now that the Big Beautiful Bill is law, both Democrats and Republicans are predicting it will have a major political impact.