GOP bill to ban US embassies from raising gay pride flags.

The bill would ban all other flags from being flown with the American flag, not just the rainbow flag. (iStock)

House Republicans led by Rep. Jeff Duncan of South Carolina have put forward a new bill that would prevent U.S. embassies around the world from flying flags other than the American flag.

The bill was introduced after a few recent incidents in which a rainbow flag symbolizing gay pride and LGBT rights was flown above some embassies.