ACLU Challenges Key West Over Alleged Selective Enforcement in Rainbow Protest Case
A couple in Key West, Florida, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has filed a lawsuit against the City of Key West. The couple, Coley Sohn and Linda Bagley-Sohn, claim that the city selectively enforced regulations when they painted their fence in rainbow colors as a form of protest. This protest was in response to the city's decision to paint over its rainbow crosswalks. The lawsuit alleges that while the city enforced rules against their rainbow fence, it did not take similar action against other households with noncompliant fence colors. This legal action follows a directive from Governor Ron DeSantis' administration in 2025, which threatened to withhold road project funds from cities that did not remove rainbow and colorful crosswalks. This directive has led to the covering up of such crosswalks in various locations, including a memorial crosswalk outside the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando. 
