A city violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to fly a Christian flag from a city flagpole when it had allowed hundreds of other flag requests.
By ReligiousLiberty.TV • February 26, 2026 • U.S. Const. amend. I
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Shurtleff v. Boston (U.S. 2022).
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Shurtleff v. Boston [U.S. Supreme Court, 2022] — A city violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to fly a Christian flag from a city flagpole when it had allowed hundreds of other flag requests. Source: ReligiousLiberty.TV (https://religiousliberty.tv/case-library/shurtleff-v-boston/, accessed October 31, 2026).
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Holding: A city violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to fly a Christian flag from a city flagpole when it had allowed hundreds of other flag requests.
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Shurtleff v. Boston is a Free Speech & Religion case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022. The court held that a city violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to fly a Christian flag from a city flagpole when it had allowed hundreds of other flag requests.