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Christian Post - Utah Gnostic Group Sues to Have Display Next to Ten Commandments

November 10, 2011

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By Michael Gryboski, ChristianPost.com

A Utah-based religious group is suing the city of Pleasant Grove over its decision to not allow them to place a monument on public property next to a Ten Commandments display. . . .

Geoffrey Surtees, attorney from the American Center for Law and Justice, is defending the city government in court.

“As the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized, though the Decalogue has ‘religious significance,’ it is clear that ‘the Ten Commandments have an undeniable historical meaning,’” said Surtees told The Christian Post.

Surtees explained that Pleasant Grove Park, the location of the Ten Commandments monument in Salt Lake City, is displaying the Decalogue for historical reasons. . . .

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