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https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-05-04/satanic-temple-asks-bosto
n-to-fly-flag-after-court-ruling


Satanic Temple Asks Boston to Fly Flag After Court Ruling


The Satanic Temple is requesting to fly a flag over Boston City Hall after
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the city violated the free speech rights of a
conservative activist seeking to fly a Christian flag outside the downtown
building.

By Associated <https://www.usnews.com/topics/author/associated-press>  Press

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May 4, 2022, at 4:36 p.m. 

 <https://www.usnews.com> U.S. News & World ReportSatanic Temple Asks Boston
to Fly Flag After Court Ruling

The American flag, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag, and the City of
Boston flag, from left, fly outside Boston City Hall, Monday, May 2, 2022,
in Boston. A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that Boston violated the free
speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly
a Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall. Justice Stephen Breyer
wrote for the court Monday that the city discriminated against the activist
because of his "religious viewpoint," even though it had routinely approved
applications for the use of one of the three flagpoles outside City Hall
that fly the U.S., Massachusetts and Boston flags. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
The Associated Press

By PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - The Satanic Temple is requesting to fly a flag over Boston
City Hall after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the city
violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist seeking to fly a
Christian flag outside the downtown building.

The Salem-based group tweeted a request filed Tuesday with the city property
management department to raise a flag marking "Satanic Appreciation Week"
from July 23-29.

Mayor Michelle Wu's office declined to comment on the group's request other
than to say it's reviewing the high court's decision while also evaluating
its flag-raising program.

Lucien Greaves, the organization's co-founder, said in an email Wednesday
that the group wants to show that religious liberty must mean respect for
"all forms" of religious practice and religious opinion.


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"When government officials are able to impose arbitrary restrictions on
claims of conscience, or to abridge the civic capacities of some based on
their religious identity, we fail to be a free, democratic republic," he
wrote in part.

The organization hasn't decided which of its official flags it will ask the
city to fly, Greaves said, but one likely option echoes the American flag,
only with black and white stripes and an emblem of a pentagram and goat
skull where the 50 stars would be.

The Satanic Temple is separate from the Church of Satan, which was founded
in the 1960s. Founded in 2013, the Satanic Temple doesn't believe in Satan
and describes itself as a "non-theistic religious organization" that
advocates for secularism.

It has lodged freedom of religion challenges nationwide, including a federal
lawsuit arguing the Boston City Council's traditional opening prayer at its
public meetings is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that Boston discriminated against
activist Harold Shurtleff because of his "religious viewpoint," even though
it had routinely approved other flag raising requests.

In 2017, Shurtleff and his Camp Constitution wanted to fly a white banner
with a red cross on a blue background called the Christian flag to mark
Constitution Day on Sept. 17.

 



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