City-Monument Fight Resumes

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DENVER -- Appellate justices questioned the sincerity of Duchesne city's decision to deed to a private party a 10-by-10-foot piece of property where a Ten Commandments display rests. The city's action could be seen as a precedent that would force justices to allow a Salt Lake-based religious group to erect its own monument.

During an oral argument hearing Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed five pending cases that pit the group Summum against Duchesne and Pleasant Grove cities over Ten Commandments monument displays on city property. Summum sued both cities after they denied the group's request to erect a monument espousing its Seven Aphorisms next to the Ten Commandments displays.

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City-Monument Fight Resumes

Both Ten Commandments monuments were donated decades ago by local civic organizations and stand in or near city parks.

Summum's att...

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