In a unanimous ruling, the US Supreme Court determined that the city of Boston violated the First Amendment rights of a conservative group by refusing to let its “Christian flag” briefly fly outside City Hall while allowing other groups to fly flags of their own.
For several years, the city allowed groups to fly their flags – from flags representing LGBT+ Pride and Boston’s health workers to flags from other countries to recognise their national holidays – on one of three flag poles outside City Hall, alongside the Massachusetts state flag and American flag.
