well, this was probably meant to be humorous, but one of the most common and important symbols in Hinduism is the lingam-yoni (phallus/vagina).http://jblstatue.com/pages/yoni_lingam.html
 On Apr 19, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Susan Freiman wrote: So the next step is a monument of an erect phallus next to the image of the two tablets of the ten commandments? Then what about equal rights for the women?
I see an item for The Onion here.
Susan
Ed Brayton wrote: I wrote about this today after seeing it on Howard Friedman's blog. What jumps out at me is the lengths the two cities, particularly Duchesne City, went to in order to preserve exclusive access for their own preferred religion to have such monuments. I hope we can all at least agree that if you're going to allow such monuments to go up on public property, allowing only one religion to place such monuments on public property and no other religion is a clear establishment clause violation. Ed Brayton Received from another listserv: The Summum faith wins twice today in the Tenth Circuit: Summum -- a religion that supports both mummification and masturbation -- had the brilliant idea to approach towns in Utah that displayed Ten Commandments monuments to ask for "equal time" to display monuments to the Seven Aphorisms of Summum. Pleasant Grove, Utah simply said "no" in response to the request, and today a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit directs the entry of a preliminary injunction requiring the municipality to allow the display of the Summum monument. You can access the ruling at this link. Duchesne City, Utah was equally unenthusiastic about the prospect of a Summum monument, but instead of merely saying "no" the municipality thought it would be beneficial to transfer its Ten Commandments monument and the patch of public parkland on which it resides to private ownership. Duchesne's actions make this case a bit more complicated, but the Tenth Circuit today holds that Duchesne is not necessarily absolved of liability on Summum's claim for injunctive relief. You can access the ruling at this link. In press coverage of today's rulings, The Salt Lake Tribune provides a news update headlined "'Seven Aphorisms' equal to 10 Commandments, appeals court rules." And two Saturdays ago, The Deseret Morning News published articles headlined "Thou shalt not ... underestimate impact of the Ten Commandments" and "Displays a source of friction."
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