Posted on 08/16/2018 7:57:05 PM PDT by Simon Green
The Satanic Temple unveiled its statue Thursday of a goat-headed, winged creature called Baphomet during a First Amendment rally at the Arkansas State Capitol to protest a Ten Commandments monument already on the Capitol grounds.
With Satanists, atheists and Christians among those in attendance, several speakers called for the removal of the Ten Commandments monument or for state government officials to install Baphomet as well. The Satanic Temple said the Ten Commandments monument violates constitutional freedom of religion rights and that installation of their statue will demonstrate religious tolerance.
Satanic Arkansas cofounder Ivy Forrester, who helped organize the rally, said "if you're going to have one religious monument up then it should be open to others, and if you don't agree with that then let's just not have any at all."
The statue of Baphomet, who is seated and accompanied by two smiling children, can't be installed under a 2017 law that requires legislative sponsorship for consideration of any monument.
The Satanic Temple has said it will sue the state, claiming religious discrimination. But when the Satanic Temple tried to join a case the ACLU had already brought against the state, the ACLU asked the court to bar the intervention. A judge has not yet ruled whether the Satanic Temple can join the case.
The Ten Commandments monument was sponsored by Republican Sen. Jason Rapert and installed quietly in 2017. Less than 24 hours after its installation, a man drove his car into the monument, smashing it to pieces. The same man also destroyed a Ten Commandments monument outside of Oklahoma's state Capitol. The Satanic Temple had originally tried to install its Baphomet statue there, but Oklahoma's Supreme Court ruled the Ten Commandments monument was unconstitutional and it was taken down.
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“The Ten Commandments has historical significance in the development of law in Western civilization. Thus there is a reasonable purely secular case that could be made for displaying them on government properties where law’s are being legislated or adjudicated.”
I’m all for free speech, and religious rights. But as you said, the Ten Commandments are a main part of our history. Muslim beliefs and Satan worship are not. If they want to built a huge statue of Mohammed or Satan on their own property - good for them. Or if they want to have a parade down Main Street.
mindburglar wrote:
Why would you worship somebody with a goat head?
The leftists would accuse you of ‘species-ism’.
I’m not joking, that is a thing now!
Why would the Satanists want to put up a statue of Chuck Schumer? Doesn’t make any sense unless they know something we don’t know (but have always suspected)
They should install a statue of Cthulhu instead.
Society didn’t do this. Public Godlessness was imposed over decades. Thank the supreme social justice court of the United States’ abuse of the 14th Amendment.
Electing President Trump was a huge step in the right direction, but we have a long way to go.
If anyone digs into this group, they’ll find that they aren’t really believers in Satan, they just use him as a prop to hate God and Christians.
Good. People need to be made aware that Satan is real.
I was a Satanist once....then I got laid...:)
These idiots are Cosplayers seeking attention.
The book is quite good. A classic of the Golden Age.
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