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washingtonpost.com - 2/25/2009
Court: Religious Group Does Not Have Right to Erect Monument in Utah Park
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motherjones.com - 2/25/2009
Supreme Court Puts Kabosh on Vibration Monument
— motherjones.com — Bad news this morning for Summum, the Utah religious group famous for its mummification practices . The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, rejected the group's arguments that the First Amendment required the city of Pleasant Grove to install a ... (more) Supreme Court Puts Kabosh on Vibration Monument

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Supreme Court Puts Kabosh on Vibration Monument
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — ... . The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, rejected the group's arguments that the First Amendment required the city of Pleasant Grove to install a Summum monument displaying its "Seven Aphorisms" (Number 3: Vibration) in a public park. Summum had argued that because the city had accepted a Ten Commandments monument for the park, rejecting the Summum monument violated the group's free speech rights. A lower federal court had agreed with the Summum, but the justices in Washington were clearly swayed by arguments that a favorable ruling for Summum would open the ...

Supreme Court okays religious test, finds that government speech is superior to individual speech
Preemptive Karma — ... , staunch opponents of Church/State separation, have long wanted. More coverage at WaPo . Posted by Kevin at February 25, 2009 11:11 AM

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