http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:53:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23298/summum-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23298/summum-4#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:16:42 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23298 The justices today unanimously overturned a ruling that required Pleasant Grove, Utah, to give equal access to Summum, a church that wants to display its “seven aphorisms.”

Writing for the court, Justice Samuel Alito said the Pleasant Grove monument represented “government speech,” exempting it from having to give private groups equal access under the Constitution’s free-speech clause.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23298/summum-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22919/summum-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22919/summum-3#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:19:48 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22919 Followers of Summum believe that Moses received two sets of tablets on Mount Sinai and that the Ten Commandments were on the second set. The aphorisms were on the first one.

The tiny sect -- whose founder says says he learned the aphorisms during a series of telepathic encounters with divine beings he called Summa Individuals -- wants them displayed in a public park.

On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court will hear their arguments.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22919/summum-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21379/fringe-sects-lawsuit-delays-monument-to-fallen-wwii-soldiers http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21379/fringe-sects-lawsuit-delays-monument-to-fallen-wwii-soldiers#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 00:50:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21379 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21379/fringe-sects-lawsuit-delays-monument-to-fallen-wwii-soldiers/feed 0