The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit

[Steven Jamar]

well, this was probably meant to be humorous, but one of the most  
common and important symbols in Hinduism is the lingam-yoni (phallus/ 
vagina).
http://jblstatue.com/pages/yoni_lingam.html


On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Susan Freiman wrote:

> So the next step is a monument of an erect phallus next to the  
> image of the two tablets of the ten commandments?  Then what about  
> equal rights for the women?
>
> I see an item for The Onion here.
>
> Susan
>
> Ed Brayton wrote:
>> I wrote about this today after seeing it on Howard Friedman's  
>> blog. What jumps out at me is the lengths the two cities,  
>> particularly Duchesne City, went to in order to preserve exclusive  
>> access for their own preferred religion to have such monuments. I  
>> hope we can all at least agree that if you're going to allow such  
>> monuments to go up on public property, allowing only one religion  
>> to place such monuments on public property and no other religion  
>> is a clear establishment clause violation.
>>
>> Ed Brayton
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu [mailto:religionlaw- 
>> bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Joel Sogol
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6:50 PM
>> To: Religionlaw
>> Subject: The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit
>>
>> Received from another listserv:
>>
>>
>>
>> The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit: Summum --  
>> a religion that supports both mummification and masturbation --  
>> had the brilliant idea to approach towns in Utah that displayed  
>> Ten Commandments monuments to ask for "equal time" to display  
>> monuments to the Seven Aphorisms of Summum.
>>
>> Pleasant Grove, Utah simply said "no" in response to the request,  
>> and today a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of  
>> Appeals for the Tenth Circuit directs the entry of a preliminary  
>> injunction requiring the municipality to allow the display of the  
>> Summum monument. You can access the ruling at this link.
>>
>> Duchesne City, Utah was equally unenthusiastic about the prospect  
>> of a Summum monument, but instead of merely saying "no" the  
>> municipality thought it would be beneficial to transfer its Ten  
>> Commandments monument and the patch of public parkland on which it  
>> resides to private ownership. Duchesne's actions make this case a  
>> bit more complicated, but the Tenth Circuit today holds that  
>> Duchesne is not necessarily absolved of liability on Summum's  
>> claim for injunctive relief. You can access the ruling at this link.
>>
>> In press coverage of today's rulings, The Salt Lake Tribune  
>> provides a news update headlined "'Seven Aphorisms' equal to 10  
>> Commandments, appeals court rules."
>>
>> And two Saturdays ago, The Deseret Morning News published articles  
>> headlined "Thou shalt not ... underestimate impact of the Ten  
>> Commandments" and "Displays a source of friction."
>> Posted at 10:50 PM by Howard Bashman
>>
>>
>>
>> Joel L. Sogol
>>
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>>
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Steven Jamar
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