With the Commandments, Must City Make Room?
By Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 1, 2008; Page A02
The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will decide whether a city's decision to place a monument to the Ten Commandments in a public park means it also must make room for the display of other directives purportedly sent from
In this case, a religious group that operates from a pyramid outside Salt Lake City wants to place what it calls the Seven Aphorisms in a city park, contending that the words are lesser-known instructions that Moses received from God.
Pleasant Grove City, Utah, said no. But a federal appellate court has agreed with the religious group Summum -- founded in 1975 by its leader, Summum "Corky" Ra -- that if a city accepts the Ten Commandments, it opens itself to requests from others and may not discriminate.
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By Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 1, 2008; Page A02
The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will decide whether a city's decision to place a monument to the Ten Commandments in a public park means it also must make room for the display of other directives purportedly sent from
In this case, a religious group that operates from a pyramid outside Salt Lake City wants to place what it calls the Seven Aphorisms in a city park, contending that the words are lesser-known instructions that Moses received from God.
Pleasant Grove City, Utah, said no. But a federal appellate court has agreed with the religious group Summum -- founded in 1975 by its leader, Summum "Corky" Ra -- that if a city accepts the Ten Commandments, it opens itself to requests from others and may not discriminate.
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