Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates February 2009 No. 2 Vol. 12
Pleasant Grove City, et al.

Free Expression in a Public Forum

Private Displays and Government Speech

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Pleasant Grove City, et al.

Petitioners

Jay Alan Sekulow, Counsel of Record PleasantGrove City is a town in Utah settled by early Mormon pioneers. One of itsparks, Pioneer Park, contains a variety of buildings, monuments, plaques, andmemorials that either portray the Mormon pioneer-era heritage of the town orare contributions of local civic groups. One of these monuments, donated by theFraternal Order of Eagles in 1971, depicts the Ten Commandments. On September 5, 2003, Summum, areligious group, requested permission to erect a monument to Seven Aphorisms, acentral tenet of its theology, in Pioneer Park. On November 19,2003, the mayor refused the group’s request, stating that the city…

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