Summum refiles lawsuit against Pleasant Grove

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Laura Giles - Correspondent Daily Herald | Posted: Monday, November 7, 2011 12:45 am

PLEASANT GROVE -- After being rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009 and by a federal judge in 2010, the Summum organization has filed a lawsuit against the city of Pleasant Grove in state court. Summum, a religious organization, wants to display a monument bearing the organization's Seven Aphorisms alongside a Ten Commandments monument in the city's Pioneer Park.

According to the organization's website, a tablet bearing the Seven Aphorisms was given to Moses on Mount Sinai when he received a tablet bearing the Ten Commandments. However, he destroyed the tablet with the aphorisms because he felt the people were not ready to understand them.

"We will be defending this action just like we did the first one," Pleasant Grove city attorney Tina Petersen said. According to Petersen, the American Center for Law and Justice will be representing the city pro bono, as it did in the past. A date for the first hearing has not yet been set.

Attorney Brian Barnard, who is representing the Summum organization, said if one sign is allowed, others should be as well.

http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/north/pleasant-grove/article_9bc3815c-e549-5852-a449-20c0e4a4f5c8.html?oCampaign=hottopics

This is Summum.

http://www.summum.us/

This is The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), known for representing the religious right, which is defending Pleasant Grove against Sunnum.

http://aclj.org/our-mission