If you see a rainbow flag flying at a shop or cafe in Greenwich Village or the Castro or Dupont Circle, do you assume that's political or a statement that the business is either owned by or welcoming to gays?

I mean, I think it is a political statement insofar as a rainbow flag at a church says "we hold gay people to be worthy of God's love just as they are, and they are welcome in our community without having to renounce their sexuality" and any sort of claim that homosexuals should have equal rights is political. In some communities, simply stating that "gays are people too" is a political statement.