Nashua Mayor Jim Donchess has no problem with permitting the Satanic Temple to march behind him in the Nashua Pride Parade holding a flag and banner praising Satan, but the Pine Tree Flag is supposedly too controversial to fly on Nashua City Hall Plaza.
Last year, Mayor Donchess turned down my request to fly the Pine Tree flag at Nashua City Hall Plaza, saying that it’s “not in harmony with the message that the City wishes to express and endorse.”
Does that mean the city endorses Satanism? This year, he gave the green light for the Satanic Temple to march in the Nashua Pride Parade on June 21, just ahead of the communist Party for Socialism and Liberation. These are examples of personal whims, not free speech. The parade begins marching from City Hall Plaza, and no one joins the parade without Mayor Donchess’ approval.
So we know what Mayor Donchess likes, but what else does he hate besides the Pine Tree flag? Well, he’s also refused to let us raise flags recognizing that women’s sports are for human females and recognizing Detransition Awareness Day above City Hall Plaza.
He doesn’t appear to be overly fond of Israel, either. During oral arguments last year for my lawsuit against Nashua for refusing my request to fly the Pine Tree Flag, Nashua’s Assistant Corporation Counsel Jonathan Barnes said that the Israeli flag is also too controversial to fly on City Hall Plaza.
The City Hall Plaza is not intended to serve as a forum for free expression by the public. Any message sought to be permitted will be allowed only if it is in harmony with city policies and messages that the city wishes to express and endorse.
What does this mean in practice? The Mayor is using public forums to promote his own radical agenda.
The Satanic Temple marching in the Nashua Pride Parade carrying a banner with the message “Pro-Rationalism. Pro-Satan” and an American flag with the stars replaced by a pentagram and a head of Baphomet
