Phyllis Schlafly on Summum v. Pleasant Grove City

The U. S, Supreme Court heard oral arguments in late November on a case that has interesting religion-in-public-square implications. The case is Summum v. Pleasant Grove City and it's been bumping up through the court system since 2003, when the founder of a religion called Summum asked the town of Pleasant Grove City in Utah to accept the donation of a stone monument with his faith's precepts, to be placed in a city park next to a decades-old monument with the Ten Commandments. The city said no, and the case was off and running -- with several sets of federal judges ruling for Summum.

The constitutional and social questions are important: How does a government body decide the credibility of a religion? How does the law protect the rights of minorities without imposing a tyranny of minorities? What kinds of objects belong in public parks?

Scott Drake discusses the case with conservative political activist Phyllis Schlafly.