Oct 21, 2004 / 22:00 pm
A ruling released Oct. 20 states that Duchesne City, Utah, acted constitutionally when it sold land on which a Ten Commandments monument sits to keep from having to remove it.
The decision, made by Federal District Judge Dee Benson, comes only five months after another federal judge ruled in favor of Pleasant Grove City, Utah, allowing a separate Ten Commandments monument to remain on public property.
The Thomas More Law Center and the American Center for Law and Justice acted as co-counsel in both cases.
Duchesne City sold the public land surrounding the monument to the family who originally donated it to the city over 25 years ago. This decision allowed the monument to remain, while removing the controversy over whether the city was promoting religious speech.