{"id":1460527,"date":"2022-05-02T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1460527"},"modified":"2022-05-02T14:14:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T18:14:50","slug":"boston-illegally-rejected-request-to-fly-christian-flag-supreme-court-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-illegally-rejected-request-to-fly-christian-flag-supreme-court-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Illegally Rejected Request To Fly \u2018Christian Flag,\u2019 Supreme Court Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fboston-illegally-rejected-request-to-fly-christian-flag-supreme-court-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1460527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Boston-City-Hall.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the city of Boston violated a group\u2019s First Amendment rights by denying its request to fly a Christian flag at City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. high court delivered its opinion on Monday, overturning a lower court decision in favor of the city. The Supreme Court found that, contrary to arguments made by city attorneys, the city\u2019s flag-waving program constituted an expression of private speech, not government speech, and therefore could not limit participants based on Establishment Clause concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe conclude that, on balance, Boston did not make the raising and flying of private groups\u2019 flags a form of government speech. That means, in turn, that Boston\u2019s refusal to let Shurtleff and Camp Constitution raise their flag based on its religious viewpoint \u2018abridg[ed]\u2019 their \u2018freedom of speech,\u2019\u201d Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in the court\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20-1800.pdf\">opinion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The case arose out of a 2017 incident when the city of Boston denied the request of a local group, Camp Constitution, to fly what the group described as a \u201cChristian flag\u201d outside of Boston City Hall. The city had a custom of allowing groups to use one of the three flag poles outside of City Hall to fly an event, organization, or movement-specific flag for special occasions.<\/p>\n<p>From 2005 to 2017, the city flew about 50 different flags for nearly 300 activities and celebrations. Flags granted approval to fly outside the city hall included those from countries such as China, Cuba, and the LGBT group Boston Pride.<\/p>\n<p>Boston city officials worried, however, that when they received a request to fly an explicitly \u201cChristian flag,\u201d approving the request would consist of government speech and violate prohibitions against an official state religion. Camp Constitution co-founder and director Harold Shurtleff disagreed and sued the city, alleging it had unfairly and illegally targeted his organization for censorship because of its Christian ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Boston official believed that the City would violate the Establishment Clause if it allowed a religious flag to briefly fly outside of City Hall as part of the flag-raising program that the City had opened to the public,\u201d Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion. \u201cSo Boston granted requests to fly a variety of secular flags, but denied a request to fly a religious flag. As this Court has repeatedly made clear, however, a government does not violate the Establishment Clause merely because it treats religious persons, organizations, and speech equally with secular persons, organizations, and speech in public programs, benefits, facilities, and the like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the contrary, a government violates the Constitution when (as here) it excludes religious persons, organizations, or speech because of religion from public programs, benefits, facilities, and the like,\u201d Kavanaugh continued. \u201cUnder the Constitution, a government may not treat religious persons, religious organizations, or religious speech as second-class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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