Jersey City’s Flagpole Is a Trap Door: Satan or Silence Jersey City has a flag program that’s basically a public microphone bolted to City Hall. It works great until someone says something the City doesn’t “love.” Now the City is stalling a Christian flag request while historically allowing all kinds of secular and cause-based flags. That’s not “caution.” That’s viewpoint …
Torrington, Connecticut, is facing a First Amendment challenge after flying a Christian flag at City Hall. Activist Chaz Stevens, founder of the Church of Satanology and Perpetual Soirée, has requested that his organization’s flag also be flown. Citing the 2022 Supreme Court case Shurtleff v. Boston, Stevens argues that once a city permits one religious flag, it cannot deny others …
Chaz Stevens, a Florida-based activist known for his provocative challenges to religious displays in public spaces, has initiated a campaign in Connecticut advocating for the display of a flag representing his satirical “Church of Satanology and Perpetual Soirée.” This move comes in response to several Connecticut cities—including Hartford, New Britain, Waterbury, Torrington, and Bridgeport—approving the flying of the Christian flag …
In a formal request to Mayor Arunan Arulampalam, Stevens demanded the city also fly his flag, a cleanly designed banner bearing the message: Last week, Hartford raised a Christian flag above City Hall. That move triggered a swift—and legally pointed—response from none other than Dr. T. Chaz Stevens, founder of the Church of Satanology and Perpetual Soirée. “Satan Loves the …
