The Seven Aphorisms

I can't wait for this. From TChris at Talk Left:

Michael Daniels, the Mayor of Pleasant Grove City, Utah, is dancing on a tightrope as he explains why the City accepted "an imposing red granite monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments" for display in a city park, but won't accept for display a monument that depicts the Seven Aphorisms of the Summum religion. A similar dance will be performed in the Supreme Court tomorrow as the Court hears argument about the constitutionality of that choice.



I will be very interested to see the right wingers dance on the head of a pin to justify this, and I'm sure they will. This one is tough because they've justified Ten Commandment monuments as long as there are different religions represented also.

I am not crazy about religion of any kind involved with government, but one way to clear up what "freedom of religion" really means is if Christian theocratic types realize that they can be no more important than the Summum religion or Wicca or Scientology under the constitution. That ought to help put things in their proper perspective.

I'll be looking forward to reading the opinion.


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