Dark Bilious Vapors

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08/10/2005: And how long will the Judge Roy Moores stand for this?


Of course, Judge Moore and those of his ilk want the Ten Commandments blazoned everywhere, but faced with this logical consequence of their imposition of their precepts on the rest of us, they'll figure out some way to claim that only the Ten Commandments should be granted such prominence:

Sect sues, asks equal space for 'Aphorisms'
By Pamela Manson
The Salt Lake Tribune

Followers of the Summum faith say Moses made two trips down from the mountain. On one journey, the prophet returned with the Ten Commandments, "lower laws" that were easily understood and widely distributed.

The higher law obtained from the other trip, though, was passed down only to a select few who were able to appreciate it, according to the Salt Lake City-based religion.

But now, Summum is fighting a legal battle to share that higher law - the Seven Aphorisms, or principles that underlie creation and nature - with everyone in a public forum. The church has filed suit against Pleasant Grove over its refusal to allow it to erect its own monument in a city park that has held a Ten Commandments monolith since 1971.

In the lawsuit, Summum alleges the denial of its request to put up the Seven Aphorisms in the park at 100 North and 100 East counters previous rulings.

In two of them, handed down in 1997 and 2002, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver agreed that Salt Lake County and Ogden City had created a forum for free expression by allowing the erection of a Ten Commandments monument on government property.

The same standard applies to Pleasant Grove, Summum contends in its suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court.

"The rights of plaintiff Summum are violated when the defendants give preference and endorsement to one particular set of religious beliefs by allowing the Ten Commandments monument to remain in a public park or in a forum within the public park supported by taxpayers and disallow a similar display of the religious tenets of Summum," the suit says.
Nope. Allowing "equal time" for other religions to post their "aphorisms" in public would constitute a "persecution" of Christianity, according to these worthies.

Len on 08.10.05 @ 07:26 PM CST



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