GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

Chapter 264: Section 8. Foreign flag; display; penalty; exception.

Section 8. Whoever displays the flag or emblem of a foreign country upon the outside of a state, county, city or town building or public schoolhouse shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars; but, except as to public schoolhouses, this section shall not apply when a citizen of such foreign country becomes the guest of the United States or of the commonwealth, or when a diplomatic representative of a foreign country is a guest at said public building and, if the governor by proclamation authorizes the flag of the country of which such guest is a citizen to be displayed upon public buildings.

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Commentary:

A penalty for displaying a forign flag? This is a blatent violation of the First Ammendment. Repeal it.

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