{"id":36593,"date":"2019-07-15T22:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T02:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36593"},"modified":"2019-07-15T22:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T02:09:57","slug":"a-city-that-has-forgotten-its-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=36593","title":{"rendered":"A City That Has Forgotten Its Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Caller<\/a> is reporting today that the City of Boston is being sued by Liberty Council for refusing to include a Christian flag in a 248-flag display on Constitution Day in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city\u2019s application policy refers to the flagpoles as a \u2018public forum\u2019 open to \u2018all applicants,\u201d\u2019 Shurtleff said in a statement<\/a>, \u201cCity officials have never denied the \u2018messages\u2019 communicated by Boston Pride and the pink and blue \u2018transgender\u2019 flag, and even the flags of Communist China and Cuba, but will not allow the civic and historical Christian message of Camp Constitution.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boston has allowed the pride flag<\/a>, Turkish flag, communist Chinese flag and Cuban flag \u2014 among others \u2014 to fly high and proud above city hall. Their reason for disallowing Camp Constitution\u2019s Christian flag: no non-secular flags permitted, the lawsuit filed by the group<\/a> says.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the Turkish flag is not secular. Turkey is one of 21 different nations<\/a> with an Islamic symbol on their flag.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

\u201cCensoring religious viewpoints in a public forum where secular viewpoints are permitted violates the First Amendment,\u201d said Liberty Counsel\u2019s Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cBoston city officials may not ban the Christian flag as part of a privately-sponsored event when they allow any other flag by numerous private organizations. It\u2019s time for the court to stop the city\u2019s unconstitutional censorship,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Camp Constitution executives are optimistic about \u201ckey undisputed facts\u201d<\/a> that will compel the court in their favor. They say the city changed their parameters about the flags after their application and that the refusal is \u201ccontent-based\u201d discrimination.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The City of Boston\u2019s press office did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation for comment at the time of publishing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christianity is a major part of America’s heritage. The Judeo-Christian moral principles form the basis for our legal system. It seems a little odd to allow the Islamic flag to be flown and not allow the Christian flag to be flown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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