Flags at Boston City Hall Are ‘Government Speech,’ City Argues in Suit Over Christian Flag

Flags at Boston City Hall Are ‘Government Speech,’ City Argues in Suit Over Christian Flag

The operator of a conservative camp is asking a federal judge to order the city of Boston to fly the Christian flag from a flagpole at City Hall.

Harold "Hal" Shurtleff, co-founder of Camp Constitution, headquartered in West Roxbury, has sued the city in federal court. A hearing on the city's motion for summary judgment to throw out the case took place Thursday afternoon.

Is Tom Brady A Pagan?
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Is Tom Brady A Pagan?

Matthew McDonald

Altars, healing stones, belief in the "power of intention," and positive references to witchery are among the approaches to success in football that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady cited during a charity appearance Thursday.

Brady was asked a question that got more of an answer than people in the crowd were expecting while getting his playoff beard shaved off by a professional barber during a charity event at the Gillette office in South Boston on Thursday, February 7, four days after the Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl with Brady at quarterback. (And 25 days after Gillette released its controversial ad "We Believe:  The Best Men Can Be.)"

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