Spotted this flyer last week in Stoneham while on a walk audit
Brendan Kearney
@brendanjkearney.bsky.social
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executive director at a #pedestrian advocacy org (WalkMassachusetts - previously known as WalkBoston), grew up in S.Jersey (Go #Phillies!), went to college in MA (#HolyCross), live in Framingham. I used to run fast, now I run sometimes for fun.
![Screenshot of text from the WBUR article:
" Is there any precedent for a major piece of public art being done like this?" he asked Davis. "Usually there's tons of process, right? Art is controversial in general, right? People have strong views. That's got to be a factor to consider."
Davis said the way the art was selected does not affect the central religious freedom question at the center of the case.
Meanwhile, Justice Elizabeth Dewar questioned Rossman on whether St. Michael and St. Florian are "essentially the mascots in kind of a sports team way, of police and firefighters all across the country of every different religion." She compared the saints to Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers' googly-eyed mascot.
"Are you saying that the well is poisoned because [these symbols] originally came from a religious tradition?" Dewar asked.
The justices also asked how a 1979 SJC ruling allowing for prayer in the State House would affect the statues' constitutionality. Kafker noted that St. Michael and St. Florian have "long-term meaning."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eirb5a56fo5h6db7k3nw25nm/bafkreib77e2iqzm44jaajyuqgqas6eiitgw6ajaxpu436crglkpe34iyii)
