Satanic Temple Requests Flag At Boston City Hall

Mass Live reports:

The Satanic Temple is hoping to raise one of its flags in front of Boston City Hall after the Supreme Court ruled Boston violated free speech rights when it refused to fly a Christian group’s flag. “Religious Liberty is a bedrock principle in a democracy, and Religious Liberty is dependent upon government viewpoint neutrality,” Lucien Greaves, cofounder of The Satanic Temple said in a statement.

“When public officials are allowed to preference certain religious viewpoints over others, we do not have Religious Liberty, we have theocracy.” Boston refused to let Camp Constitution, a New Hampshire-based Christian organization, hoist its flag in front of the third flag pole at City Hall Plaza as part of a ceremony in 2017, court documents stated. Now, the Satanic Temple wants to raise its own flag — although they aren’t sure which one.

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The Supreme Court ruled that Boston violated First Amendment rights by refusing to fly Christian flag at City Hall Plaza. Here is The Satanic Temple’s reply: pic.twitter.com/rHtZddpHqC

— Lucien Greaves (@LucienGreaves) May 3, 2022

As night follows day, after the Supreme Court let’s-let-government-fly-Christian-flags decision, the Satanic Temple is going to try to get one of its flags to fly over Boston’s city hall. https://t.co/N0I4Q6iCFH

— Center for Inquiry (@center4inquiry) May 4, 2022

Satanic Temple requests flag raising at Boston City Hall after Supreme Court rules city violated free speech rights in refusing to fly Christian flaghttps://t.co/zdZ5ZmYyrL

— The Satanic Temple (@satanic_temple_) May 3, 2022