The city approved 284 applications in a row to fly flags before rejecting a flag with a Christian cross. President Joe Biden's administration backed Camp Constitution in the case.īoston's flag-raising program was aimed at promoting diversity and tolerance among the city's different communities. The decision overturned a lower court's ruling that the rejection of the flag did not violate their rights to freedom to speech under the U.S. Breyer added: 'The city's lack of meaningful involvement in the selection of flags or the crafting of their messages leads us to classify the flag raisings as private, not government, speech - though nothing prevents Boston from changing its policies going forward.'
