The Satanic Temple within the US state of Massachusetts is requesting that Boston fly its flag, after the Supreme Court docket dominated this week that town had violated the First Modification rights of a Christian group when it denied them flying their flag exterior of Metropolis Corridor.
In accordance with a replica of the request tweeted by The Satanic Temple, the group is asking Boston to fly the flag for "Satanic Appreciation Week" on July 23-29. The Satanic Temple stated its request was in response to the current ruling.
CNN reached out to The Satanic Temple for remark however didn't instantly hear again.
A spokesperson from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's workplace stated the workplace was "fastidiously reviewing the Court docket's choice and its recognition of metropolis governments' authority to function related packages," including: "As we think about subsequent steps, we are going to make sure that future Metropolis of Boston packages are aligned with this choice."
Boston, in accordance with town's web site, not accepts flag elevating functions as of October 19, 2021.
The push comes after the nation's highest court docket unanimously dominated on Monday that Boston had violated the First Modification rights of a gaggle searching for to briefly elevate a Christian flag atop a metropolis flagpole exterior of Metropolis Corridor as part of a metropolis program celebrating Boston's larger neighborhood.
The court docket stated that the flag show amounted to a public discussion board and since many different teams have been allowed to lift their flags in celebration of the Boston neighborhood, town couldn't discriminate on the idea of the non secular group's viewpoint with out violating the Structure.
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"We conclude that, on steadiness, Boston didn't make the elevating and flying of personal teams' flags a type of authorities speech," Justice Stephen Breyer wrote.
The Satanic Temple, in accordance with its Twitter account, was based in 2013 and is the one federally recognised worldwide (non-theistic) non secular Satanic organisation.