Iowa State House Satanic Display
If you are visiting the Iowa State House over the next couple of weeks, you will see this in the rotunda. It’s a holiday display put up by the Satanic Temple. KCCI’s Beau Bowman went to the Iowa State House today to find out more about it.
The supporters of this group say if there can be a Christmas tree here in the capitol, they can display this put on by the Iowa satanic temple.
CO-Founder of Satanic Temple on the Satanic Display
Lucien Greaves: We’re going to really relish the opportunity to be represented in a public forum. We don’t have a church on every street corner.
Greaves, co founder of the this satanic display is a symbol of their right of religious freedom. He says if you don’t like it, don’t look at it.
Lucien Greaves: My feeling is, is that if people don’t like our displays in public forums, they don’t have to engage with them. They don’t have to view them.
Organized Prayer Group to Oppose Satanic Display
Shelly Flockhart: It’s a very dark, evil force.and I truly hope people know how to battle that.
Shelly Flockhart from Dallas Center says she was shocked to see it at the Capitol. Flockhart organized a prayer group on Wednesday around the Christmas tree in the center of the rotunda to oppose the satanic display near the stairwell. She calls it dark and evil and says Christians should spiritually fight against it.
Shelly Flockhart: One, I hope people realize spiritual warfare is real, that there are evil satanic forces that are trying to infiltrate our state.
How Long the Display will be Up
I’m told the altar here will be on display at the Iowa State House for 14 days. At the statehouse, Beau Bowman, KCCI 8 News, Iowa‘s News Leader.
By the way, the Satanic Temple says it is a federally recognized non theistic group that uses satanic symbols as a way to convey it’s message. The temple‘s website says its work includes publicly confronting hate groups and lobbying for abortion rights. It says it does not believe in the existence of Satan or the supernatural.
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