The University of California - Irvine's (UCI) student government has passed a resolution to ban any sort of national flag from a certain area of campus.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Students of UCI (ASUCI) passed the resolution Thursday with a 6-4 vote. The policy would disallow the display of any national flag, including America's, from student government offices.

Matthew Guevara, the resolution's author, wrote in the document that the American Flag represents "colonialism and imperialism" and "conformity." He also wrote, "freedom of speech, in a space that aims to be as inclusive as possible, can be interpreted as hate speech."

UCI said in a statement on its official website that the school's leadership does not reflect the same views in the ASUCI's resolution. Also in the statement, the ASUCI's president, Reza Zomorrodian, said he too opposed the document.

"The ASUCI Legislative Council recently passed a piece of legislation regarding the display of the American flag and its prohibition of display in ASUCI common space," he said in the statement. "I stand firmly against this piece of legislation, though I understand the authors intent and supporters intent, I disagree with the solution the council has come to. I speak for myself about my feelings on this piece of legislation. However, as chair of the Executive Cabinet, we will be having a conversation about this piece of legislation and deciding what course of action the cabinet will take collectively."