A Michigan city may enforce its rule banning LGBTQ+ flags from being displayed on publicly owned property, according to a federal judge.

U.S. District Judge David Lawson dismissed a lawsuit against the city of Hamtramck on Monday, two years after the city council voted to allow only five flags, including the American flag, the Michigan flag and flags that “represent the international character” of the community.

“Hamtramck’s refusal to display the Gay Pride flag did not violate the Constitution,” Lawson said.

Two women kissed during a Hamtramck, Michigan, city council meeting where the city agreed to ban Pride flags on public property in June 2023. (Fox 2 Detroit)

“This Council believes in fairness, neutrality towards our residents, and the rule of law, amongst other things for this community. We passed a resolution recently to do just that, and two of our sworn commissioners outright defied it, and did what they wanted,” Council member Khalil Refai said in a statement at the time.

Businesses and residents in Hamtramck may still fly Pride flags on their private property.

More than 40% of the city’s 27,000 residents were born in other countries, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. A significant percentage of these foreign-born residents are of Yemeni or Bangladeshi descent.

Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib was nominated by President Donald Trump to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The city’s mayor, Amer Ghalib, a native of Yemen, was nominated by President Donald Trump to be U.S. ambassador to Kuwait.

“We’re not targeting anybody,” Ghalib, who is also Muslim, said in 2023. “We are trying to close the door for other groups that could be extremist or racist.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.