CNN reached out to the satanic temple for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Michelle Wu, spokeswoman for the mayor of Boston, said: office said office “carefully studied the decision of the Court decision and his recognition of city the power of governments to exercise similar programs”, adding: “As we believe next stepswe will ensure that future City of Boston programs aligned with This decision.”
Boston, according to the city’s website, is no longer accepting flag-raising applications as of October 19, 2021
Push comes after the nation highest the court ruled unanimously on Monday that Boston violated First Amendment rights of a group seeks to briefly raise the Christian flag over city flagpole outside of City Hall as part of a city program celebration of great boston community.
The court said that the flag display made up public forum and because many other groups were allowed to fly their flags in celebration of Boston community, city could not distinguish on the basis of religious group point of view without violating the Constitution.
“We conclude that, on balance, Boston did not rise and did not fly of private group flags shape of government Speech,” Judge Steven Breyer wrote.
The Satanic Temple, according to his Twitter account, was founded in 2013 and is the only federally recognized international (non-theistic) religious satanic organization.
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