Post by addisona on Jun 4, 2022 8:09:01 GMT
Satanic temple follows ‘Judeo-Christian’ group’s SCOTUS win with flag request
(RNS) — Days after the Supreme Court ruled that Boston had violated a Christian group’s rights by denying a request to fly its flag over Boston’s City Hall Plaza, the Satanic temple, a religious freedom advocacy group, has applied to fly its flag during “Satanic Appreciation Week” later this summer.
The Satanic temple’s aim is to test whether the city’s court-ordered acceptance of flags from religious groups includes a commitment to plurality.
“A public forum that allows for religious expression can either announce a dedication to religious pluralism,” said Lucien Greaves, Satanic temple’s co-founder and president, “or it can signal a decline into theocracy by allowing public representatives to dictate limits on the civic capacities of some religious identities by exercising exclusive preference for others.”
The city did not respond to a request for comment.
religionnews.com/2022/05/06/satanic-temple-follows-Judeo-Christian-groups-scotus-win-with-flag-request/
(RNS) — Days after the Supreme Court ruled that Boston had violated a Christian group’s rights by denying a request to fly its flag over Boston’s City Hall Plaza, the Satanic temple, a religious freedom advocacy group, has applied to fly its flag during “Satanic Appreciation Week” later this summer.
The Satanic temple’s aim is to test whether the city’s court-ordered acceptance of flags from religious groups includes a commitment to plurality.
“A public forum that allows for religious expression can either announce a dedication to religious pluralism,” said Lucien Greaves, Satanic temple’s co-founder and president, “or it can signal a decline into theocracy by allowing public representatives to dictate limits on the civic capacities of some religious identities by exercising exclusive preference for others.”
The city did not respond to a request for comment.
religionnews.com/2022/05/06/satanic-temple-follows-Judeo-Christian-groups-scotus-win-with-flag-request/