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A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday 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.
Boston’s flag-raising program isn’t government speech and doesn’t enjoy immunity from free speech challenges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday, finding the city was wrong to deny a religious camp’s request to let its Christian flag fly.
A federal judge ruled this week that the city of Boston, Massachusetts, does not have to raise a Christian flag at City Hall Plaza even though the city has raised flags representing other cultural and social groups, including flags indicating support for LGBT rights.
WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday 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.
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