Hartford Chooses Christianity Over Church of Satanology — and Opens a Legal Pandora’s Box

Hartford City Hall just handed us a golden opportunity to expose religious favoritism at its finest.

This week, CT News Junkie reported that the Hartford City Council voted 7–2 to fly a Christian flag over City Hall — but when Chaz Stevens, founder of the Church of Satanology, demanded equal treatment, the city quickly backpedaled.

City officials, led by Deputy Chief of Staff Cristian Coraz-Godinez, are now scrambling, insisting that the city flagpole is not a public forum and that only Council-approved flags get flown. Cute — but there’s one problem: they already opened the door by raising a religious flag in the first place.

Here’s the real deal:

• When a government body flies one religious symbol but blocks others, it’s not just shady — it’s unconstitutional.

• This isn’t about Satanism vs. Christianity. It’s about whether the government gets to play favorites with religion — and the First Amendment says it absolutely cannot.

Hartford’s flimsy legal excuse won’t hold up if challenged. By picking and choosing religious messages, they just lit a constitutional fuse.

Stay tuned. Revolt.Training is watching — and preparing to school Hartford on the First Amendment, one lawsuit at a time.

Church of Satanology Demands Flag Fly Over Hartford City Hall _ CT News Junkie