Satanic Temple unveils giant 'Baphomet' statue at Arkansas State Capitol

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Sky Palma
August 17, 2018


In a rally at the Arkansas State Capitol this Thursday, religious conservatives got a lesson in what happens when they try to inject their influence in the public sphere.

In response to Arkansas lawmakers who approved the placement of a monument to the Ten Commandments on the Capitol grounds, The Satanic Temple showed up with dozens of people and unveiled their own monument — an 8-foot tall Baphomet statue.

The statue, meant as a First Amendment protest against the approval of a religious symbol on government property, will only be allowed to be displayed temporarily. But Temple members argue that it should be just as permanent as the Ten Commandments monument.

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http://deadstate.org/satanic-temple-unveils-giant-baphomet-statue-at-arkansas-state-capitol/

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This reminds me of a couple of years ago when the Republican legislature & governor in Michigan installed a Nativity scene on the grounds of the State Capitol. It was soon followed by a display from the Pastafarians and the Satanic Church. The displays were epic.

This pisses me off to no end. I guess, to Republicans, some amendments are more equal than others.

[procon]

1. Yep, all religious all none of 'em.

Bring on the Pastafarians!

[Runningdawg]

2. Its permanantly on tour

Back and forth from OK to AR, up to MO out to NM....For a while there they left it in Detroit, glad to see it making the rounds again.

[Scurrilous]

3. K&R

[jmowreader]

4. I have a better place for that statue

Coeur d'Alene, ID, has a public art thing where sculptors can apply to install statues around the downtown area. Several years ago, someone put a Ganesha down here, and the serious fundamentalist Christians lost their minds. They had prayer vigils and fasts to try to get Jesus to blow up the Ganesha. (Didn't work.)

I figure if a relatively benign and friendly deity like Ganesha can cause the BTs to lose their shit the way this one did, think of what would happen if you installed a statue of the devil.