Major City’s ‘Christian’ Censorship Hits Supreme Court
Liberty Counsel said Monday it has delivered to the U.S. Supreme Court its arguments against the city of Boston’s strategic censorship of a camp flag from a “public forum” at its city hall because of the flag’s Christian faith link.
The dispute is over the city’s banishment of a Christian flag that Boston resident Hal Shurtleff and his Christian “Camp Constitution” requested to be flown at the public forum, as dozens of other flags already had.
The legal team working on behalf of Shurtleff said, “This case will set national precedent regarding the issue of government versus private speech.”
Liberty Counsel Chairman Mat Staver said, “Liberty Counsel looks forward to presenting this nationally important case to the Supreme Court. It is indisputable that Boston denied the private flag raising solely because the application contained the word ‘Christian’ before the word ‘flag.’ It was this single word that resulted in the first censorship of a private flag raising application after 12 years with no denials. Censoring religious viewpoints in a public forum where secular viewpoints are permitted is unconstitutional. This case will have a national impact. Religious viewpoints must not be excluded from the marketplace.” (Read more from “Major City’s ‘Christian’ Censorship Hits Supreme Court” HERE)
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