Today, Liberty Counsel is filing an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case of Pleasant Grove City, Utah v. Summum. Liberty Counsel's brief is being filed in support of Pleasant Grove City, which refused to display Summum's "Seven Aphorisms". Summum, a religion and philosophy that began in 1975, argues that its Seven Aphorisms should be displayed, since the city displays a Ten Commandments monument donated by The Fraternal Order of Eagles about 30 years ago.

When Pleasant Grove City rejected Summum's Seven Aphorisms on the basis that Summum was not a local organization nor was the gift associated with any history of the city, Summum filed suit, claiming the city must permanently display the Seven Aphorisms because the city displayed other donated monuments, including the Ten Commandments. Incredibly, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Summum and ruled that the city must permanently display Summum's Seven Aphorisms.

Pray that the Supreme Court overturns the appeals court and allows the city to reject the Summum monuments. If the government were required to accept any message anytime the government spoke through a donated display, then the Statue of Liberty would need to make room for the Statue of Tyranny or perhaps a statue of Stalin or Adolf Hitler. It would not make sense to force the government to include a display devoted to atheism every time it displays a Nativity scene. 

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