Ten Commandments Ruling

The Supreme Court has issued a ruling in a case involving the Public displays of the Ten Commandments. A lower court in Denver told Pleasant Grove City, Utah that it had to let the followers of the Summum religion put up a monument in a public park if it allowed the display of a Ten Commandments monument. The city refused and the group filed a lawsuit. A federal judge ruled in favor of the city. Then a three-judge panel reversed that decision. Next, the full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case. It split, leaving the decision against the city to stand. Now the Supreme Court is weighing in.

The justices say there’s no need to make room for the new monument. In an unanimously ruling, the high court decided permanent monuments in public parks do not have to go through the same rigors of free speech as speeches and leaflets in public forums.