A small Missouri County has quickly reversed course and will not lower its flag in mourning of marriage equality, but not for all the right reasons.

The three Republican County Commissioners in Dent County, MissouriÂ have decided to rescind a vote taken just yesterday, but only out of respect for veterans, not for LGBT people. Yesterday, they voted to fly the flag at the county courthouse and county judicial buildings at below half-staff on the 26th of every month for a year to “mourn” the Supreme Court’s decision supporting marriage for same-sex couplesÂ â€“ which they labeled an “abomination.”

Speaking against marriage equality, County Commissioner Gary Larson told theÂ St. Louis Post-DispatchÂ that it “ainâ€™t what our Bible tells us. Itâ€™s against Godâ€™s plan.â€ He also called the Supreme Court decision on marriage, â€œjust one step backward.â€

Presiding Commissioner Darrell Skiles told the Salem News the commission will meet Tuesday or Wednesday and vote to rescind Monday’s order “out of respect for veterans and those currently serving in the military.”

No word of the emotional impact Monday’s vote had on same-sex couples, LGBT people, and their allies was mentioned.

Skiles had filed an official letter into the public record protesting â€œthe U.S. high courtâ€™s stamp of approval of what God speaks of as an abomination.â€

The decision to lower the flags monthly was made to remind Dent County citizensÂ â€œof this despicable Supreme Court travesty,â€ the commissioners said.

A group calling itself theÂ Organization of Reasonableness of Dent County createdÂ a Change.org petition,Â Stop Act of â€˜Mourning Gay Marriageâ€™ By Lowering Flags Below Half Mast.Â It quickly garnered over 1100 signatures before declaring “Victory.”

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Image byÂ Timo KohlenbergÂ via Flickr and a CC license

Hat tip: Talking Points Memo