Utah cities must allow Commandments alternative.If local governments in Utah allow displays of the Ten Commandments Ten Commandments or Decalogue [Gr.,=ten words], in the Bible, the summary of divine law given by God to Moses on Mt. Sinai. They have a paramount place in the ethical system in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. , displays from other faiths cannot be denied, a federal appeals court has held. In mid-April, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued two rulings in favor of a relatively new religious group, called Summum, to place its Seven Aphorisms alongside Commandments monuments MONUMENTS. Permanent landmarks established for the purpose of ascertaining boundaries. 2. Monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, as rivers, known streams, springs, or marked trees. 7 Wheat. R. 10; 6 Wheat. R. 582; 9 Cranch, 173; 6 Pet. 498; Pet. on public property in Duchesne City DUCHESNE The community of Duchesne is located just above the junction of the Strawberry and Duchesne rivers in the Uintah Basin of northeastern Utah. It was first identified as a potential town site by Father Escalante when the Dominguez-Escalante expedition camped near the present and Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove or Pleasant Groves is the name of several communities in the United States: Municipalities in the United States:
Summum was formed in 1975. The group's Web site lists "seven great Summum Principles" which are: psychokinesis psy·cho·ki·ne·sis n. pl. psy·cho·ki·ne·ses Abbr. PK 1. An uncontrolled, maniacal outburst, resulting from defective inhibition. 2. , correspondence, vibration, opposition, rhythm, cause and effect and gender. For more than a decade, the group has fought various Utah cities to force displays with its Seven Aphorisms into public parks alongside Commandments monuments. On April 17, the 10th Circuit in two different rulings advanced the group's efforts. In Summum v. Pleasant Grove City, a three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit issued a preliminary injunction A temporary order made by a court at the request of one party that prevents the other party from pursuing a particular course of conduct until the conclusion of a trial on the merits. A preliminary injunction is regarded as extraordinary relief. in favor of the religious organization, saying public parks are a "traditional public forum" and the city showed no compelling interest in denying Summum its request to showcase its religious views in the park. In a separate case, Summum v. Duchesne City, the 10th Circuit held that a portion of a public park that was sold twice to private entities continued to be a public forum and that the city did not show a compelling interest in denying a similar portion of land to Summum for a display of the Seven Aphorisms. |
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