PSCI 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Summum, Government Speech, Ten Commandments
17 Oct 2016
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Walker v. texas division of sons of confederate veterans: pleasant grove city, utah v. summum, 2009- preliminary to walker. Summum is a religion developed in 1975 by a person who believes that he is able to meet higher beings who explained to him about how to live, principles, 7 aphorisms. Public park has 11 permanent, privately donated displays including a ten commandments monument. Summum wished to erect a monument containing its seven aphorisms and was denied. Court held the placement of a permanent monument is government speech not subject to the free speech clause. This park is not a traditional public forum where any monument can be placed. City has not controlled what can be placed there. Government is not obligated to embrace a privately donated message. They took this case as a free speech case, not a religious freedom case.
