FOX News Reports: A Michigan city near Detroit has decided against allowing Pride flags on public property after a bizarre and contentious municipal meeting.

The Hamtramck City Council voted Tuesday to ban Pride flags from public flag poles due to opposition from religious groups who disagree with the ideology represented by the symbol.

"We want to respect the religious rights of our citizens," said Councilmember Nayeem Choudhury, Fox 2 Detroit reports.

The entirety of the Hamtramck City Council is Muslim, and approximately 40% of residents were born in foreign countries.

The meeting took a strange turn when a woman in a clown nose took the podium to mock the Pride flag debate.

"Sure, many Hamtramck residents have fled countries where being gay is a death sentence, but nothing says we have to make it 'comforting' and 'welcoming' here," the woman said in a sarcastic speech.