SCOTUS Poised To OK Christian Flag At Boston City Hall

The Washington Post reports:

Supreme Court justices Tuesday generally seemed to think it was a mistake for the city of Boston to refuse a ceremonial city hall flag-raising to a Christian group when it had never turned down such a request from any other organization. But it was the First Amendment follow-ups that created concern. What about a request from a Nazi group to raise a swastika? The Ku Klux Klan? Or even, the New York Yankees?

Harold Shurtleff, who leads a conservative group called Camp Constitution, applied to raise a white flag with a red cross on a blue square in the upper left corner, which he noted was a “Christian flag.” Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel, which is representing Shurtleff, said the city has been unaccommodating. Liberal justices seemed to think it might be best just to decide that Boston made a well-intentioned mistake and move on without making new law.

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The piece includes many questions by the justices.