The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit

[Susan Freiman]

God bless the wisdom of the East.

Susan

Steven Jamar wrote:
> 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
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>>> **Received from another listserv:**
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>>> **** 
>>>
>>> **The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit:** Summum 
>>> -- a religion that supports both mummification 
>>> <http://www.summum.us/mummification/> and masturbation 
>>> <http://www.sexualecstasy.org/divinemasturbation.php> -- 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 
>>> <http://www.summum.us/philosophy/principles.shtml>.
>>>
>>> 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 <http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/> 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 <http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/06/06-4057.pdf>.
>>>
>>> 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 
>>> <http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/05/05-4162.pdf>.
>>>
>>> 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 <http://www.sltrib.com/ci_5688321>."
>>>
>>> And two Saturdays ago, The Deseret Morning News published articles 
>>> headlined "Thou shalt not ... underestimate impact of the Ten 
>>> Commandments 
>>> <http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660209584,00.html>" and 
>>> "Displays a source of friction 
>>> <http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660209598,00.html>."
>>> Posted at 10:50 PM 
>>> <http://howappealing.law.com/041707.html#024368>by Howard Bashman 
>>> <mailto:appellateblog at hotmail.com>
>>>
>>>  
>>>  
>>>
>>> Joel L. Sogol
>>>
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> Steven Jamar
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