CHEVY CHASE, Md. – An elementary school in Vice President-elect Mike Pence’s D.C. neighborhood removed a rainbow flag that was donated by locals to smite the conservative politician.

Lafayette Elementary School Principal Carrie Broquard sent a letter to parents on Monday about removing the rainbow flag that was donated to the school as a “gift from the neighborhood,” the Washingtonian reports.

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“Given the current political landscape, our commitment is to remain neutral,” Broquard wrote. “In order to avoid any unwanted attention or have any symbols misinterpreted as a political action, the flag has been removed.”

The Washingtonian provided some context:

The school is located in Chevy Chase, the Northwest neighborhood where Mike Pence is living while he awaits installation as vice president, and where his temporary neighbors are conspicuously displaying rainbow flags to protest Pence’s consistently anti-gay stances over the years.

The flag was put up just days before the notice went out, but removing it doesn’t mean Lafayette Elementary isn’t an “inclusive” learning environment, Broquard insisted.

“As a public school, we welcome all students and families of all identities,” she wrote. “We at Lafayette pride ourselves on our diversity and our inclusivity, including but not limited to LGBQT families.”

Broquard also provided examples of how “our commitment to inclusivity remain (sic) strong.”

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The principal is hosting “We Are Lafayette” lunch assemblies with the student council to “celebrate the many languages, nations, and cultures that are represented here at Lafayette.”

The school is also hosting a “We Are Lafayette” poster project for families “to create a drawing that represents what makes you such a special contribution to our Lafayette family,” Broquard wrote.

“We will compile all the posters and create a visual display representing all of us.”

There’s also “daily messages of inclusion, kindness, and understanding through our Peace Class and Peace Club.”

Pence has described himself as a “Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order” and his views on marriage and family have repeatedly drawn scorn from liberals.

Pence also pointed out in a 2006 speech to Congress in support of traditional marriage that “societal collapse was always brought about following an advent of the deterioration of marriage and family,” citing research from Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.

More recently, Pence approved a religious freedom law as governor of Indiana that gay rights activists claimed discriminated against them.

He also spoke out against a nationwide decree by President Obama last year that ordered public schools to allow transgender students to use whatever bathroom and shower facilities they want.

“The federal government has not business getting involved in issues of this nature,” he said, according to Time.

D.C. residents living near Pence’s $6,000 per month rental told WUSA last week they decided to hang rainbow flags as a “respectful message” to the vice president-elect expressing their gay pride.

“I think he’s a man who could use a little reminder about American values,” one unidentified neighbor said.