Boston's Thumpers Got Their Wish

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

"BOSTON (CN) — Once a government opens up a forum to the public, it might have to allow viewpoints it doesn’t agree with, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that scolds Boston for being selective about which flags citizens can fly outside city hall.
Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the lead opinion, which is joined by five colleagues. No member of the court dissented, but Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch all wrote concurring opinions.

The case involves three 83-foot-tall flagpoles outside Boston’s City Hall. One of the poles usually flies the city’s flag but, on hundreds of occasions, the city has allowed private individuals to temporarily fly other flags in conjunction with an event — typically flags of other nationalities but occasionally ones that celebrated subjects such as Juneteenth or gay pride.

When a man named Howard Shurtleff wanted to fly a so-called Christian flag featuring a red Latin cross, however, the city said no.

The city was wrong, the Supreme Court ruled. By allowing so many other people to fly flags, the city had turned its flagpole into a public forum and now it is barred from limiting speech that it does support or discriminating on the basis of religion. "

Supreme Court expands free speech on government property

A Monday decision from the Supreme Court expands the rights of citizens to engage in speech and other demonstrations on government property.

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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.
Associated PressMay 4, 2022

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I hope the Thumpers choke on it.

I hate Thumpers.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i feel like any time a ruling like this is handed down as a "win" to conservatives, liberals should immediately show why it was a dumb idea to begin with by doing exactly what the SC now says they can do - much to the displeasure of conservatives.

don't want teachers to talk about sexuality with children in florida? immediately sue every teacher/school system that talks about having a mommy and daddy in class.

shove their dumb laws and rulings in their faces, because they're never made in good faith (hah!) or given any sense of forethought as to the consequences.

 

[repoman0]

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.
Associated PressMay 4, 2022

This is the Boston I know and love

 

[Thump553]

That's based on well established precedents. The satanic church horning in is also not new. What usually ultimately happens in the city closes down the "public forum" by taking down the flagpole.

 

[fskimospy]

This is one of the few religious liberty cases I agree with. If Boston lets one group fly their flag they should let all.

 

[darkswordsman17]

i feel like any time a ruling like this is handed down as a "win" to conservatives, liberals should immediately show why it was a dumb idea to begin with by doing exactly what the SC now says they can do - much to the displeasure of conservatives.

don't want teachers to talk about sexuality with children in florida? immediately sue every teacher/school system that talks about having a mommy and daddy in class.

shove their dumb laws and rulings in their faces, because they're never made in good faith (hah!) or given any sense of forethought as to the consequences.

Except that won't work because Americans are fucking idiot assholes. That just makes the centrists believe the right wingers' lies, and then pushes us further to the right as the centrists then support right wingers.