Supreme Court rules for Boston Christian flag in free speech case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that once Boston establishes a public forum, in this case a flagpole, and allows groups and individuals to fly flags in concert with an event, it could not forbid a citizen from flying a Christian flag. (Courthouse News Service, May 2, 2022, by Thomas F Harrison)

The court rejected Boston’s contention that it was necessary to ban the Christian Flag to refrain from endorsing a religion under the separation of church and state. But Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that the viewpoints expressed by the flags were private so could not be censored “under the guise of government speech.” (Reuters, May 2, 2022, by Andrew Chung)

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