The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a Utah city that has long permitted a Ten Commandments monument in its city park need not accept the Summum church’s Seven Aphorisms monument.
The justices reversed a lower court decision that said once Pleasant Grove had allowed the Ten Commandments marker and several historical artifacts in its Pioneer Park, it had created a “public forum” where other groups’ markers and messages must be permitted.
Supreme Court justices said that such rationale does not apply in a dispute over permanent monuments.
Because obviously, “park clutter” is against the First Amendment.