Boston Was Right to Refuse to Fly Christian Flag

In front of Boston City Hall are three flags: the American flag, the state flag, and the City of Boston flag. Occasionally the city lets private groups raise a flag on the city's pole, often a flag of another country when its leader visits the city. But a case before the US Supreme Court could require the city to fly religious flags, in clear violation of the separation of church and state. We believe raising such a flag would prove destructive to religion and to democracy.