Comments about ‘U.S. Supreme Court sides with Pleasant Grove’

The ten Circuit court in Denver has shown its liberal stance again, it wasn't a split decision but a unanimous decision by the top court looks like the Denver Court has mud on its face again.

YEAH! A win for common sense.

Take that ACLU!

Amen!

YEAH! Justice is done. Now, Summum and their "ambulance chaser" need to reimburse Pleasant Grove and Duchesne for the costs incurred in fighting this battle over the past several years!

I wonder how all over the top Christians would feel if this country became a religious theocracy based on another religion. They would file a lawsuit also because they would be a minority. Think about it people. Would you like a government statue to Bhudda if we lived in a Bhuddist dominated country? No, you wouldn't.

This truly is a win for common sense, and I'm happy that Pleasant Grove did not back down.

Common sense, yes. After all, there is only so much space in any city park.

Congrats on the ruling ... and a unanimous one at that by the Supreme Court! So glad PG City fought for what is right and that the liberal circuit court was overruled. This is a great victory!

Bravo for P.G.!!!!! I think the ACLU is a waste of money .I'm glad that someone stood up and put them in their place!!!!!

I'll put our Ninth Circuit up against your Tenth Circuit for idiotic decisions any day. Ours is the most overturned Circuit in the United States; but the real shocker is a 9-0 U. S. Supreme Ct decision including the ACLU plant Ruth Badder Ginsburg.

Sad that the court ruled against religion. We really are becoming a nation that is driven without God.

I think its even better that it was a unanimous vote by the Supreme Court. This is a great ruling.

Good to know there is still some sanity on the Federal level.

about time the majority wins one.

It is nice, whether you agree with the ruling or not, to see a situation where political leaders had strong beliefs and instead of testing public opinion before doing anything just stood for what they believed in. In the City of Provo Mayor Billings under the cover of darkness moved the ten commandments marker from a City park to private property down town. Not even the Parks Manager knew what was going on until the following morning when he called to report to Provo Police the marker was missing. If only Provo could have a leader who actually has strong beliefs and stands for them rather than just doing whatever it takes to get a vote. Way to go PG leadership for standing for something. Time for a new Mayor in Provo. One who actually has core beliefs not just political aspirations.

Three cheers for Pleasant Grove for standing it's ground and taking this all the way to the Supreme Court. Now, it seems to me, the ACLU and the Summums should pay the legal bills associated with case.

The Ten Commandments had a pivotal roll in the formation of our Constitution and as such is a historical document and relative and appropriate to display in public places even if there are religious elements.

Many Buddhist dominated countries do have statues of Buddha and I respect that, but we are a country that is dominated by those who accept the Holy Bible to be the word of God, and the ten commandments are a good basic code of conduct. If only we could live by it...

I've thought about it David O and yes, if I was in a Buddhist dominated country, as long as my civil rights to believe or not to believe and practice or not to practice my faith were not jeopardized, I would welcome a privately donated Buddha statue in a public park. The hypersensitivity of the religious and non-religious and anti-religious has gotten out of hand in this country.

To David O - if I moved to a city where the overwhelming majority of citizens were Bhuddists, I would try to live peaceably among them and respect their culture and values. I would be proud if they memorialized their values with a monument in their city park. I would not try to cram my minority viewpoint down their throats.

In fact, I lived in South Korea, a Bhuddist dominated country with religious freedom, and they did in fact have statues of Bhudda on government property, and I never felt any desire to scream about discrimination or insist that my values be somehow displayed as equally representative. I never felt personally threatened or discriminated against by their dominant belief system.

To groups like Summum, the mere fact that they are a minority is the automatic badge of victimhood they're looking for, despite the fact that a single member of their group has probably never suffered a single violation of any human right or civil liberty. Victims without an oppressor.

Responding to David O- If you have lived in another country, you would find exactly that- government statues to Buddha. That is not the point. This IS a Christian country, whose government is based upon Christian philosophy, whose Constitution was written by Christian men. If this country were to become "a religious theocracy based on another religion", we would have much more to worry about than a statue...

Uh....Bhuddist countres have GOVERMENT built temples and statues to Bhudda. I've lived there and it did not bother me in the least. They were FOUNDED with those pricipals and I respected them for that.

Maybe you've heard of "When in Rome....."

You may not like this, but CHRISTIANS founded this country and based it on CHRISTIAN principles. If you don;t like it excercise you FREEDOM and go somewhere else. It's YOUR AGENCY......Wow, a Christian religious principle!!!!