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After losing its case in federal court, a Utah religious group is now asking a state court judge to allow a monument in a Pleasant Grove city park.
Summum, a Gnostic Christianity-based sect, wants to erect its own display near an existing Ten Commandments monument.
The group's attorney, Brian Barnard, argues if the state allows a Ten Commandments display, it should also allow the Summum monument. He says Utah's constitution prohibits government support of religious instruction.
In 2010, a federal judge dismissed a similar case from the group. The U.S. Supreme Court also previously ruled against the sect.
The Washington D.C.-based American Center for Law and Justice, which represents the city, says governments can decide which monuments to allow. They are currently responding to the complaint filed earlier this year.