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Related: About this forumFestive Satanic statue added to Illinois statehouse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46453544
Festive Satanic statue added to Illinois statehouse
Placed between a Christmas tree and a menorah, the four-foot sculpture depicts a snake coiled around an outstretched arm holding an apple.
It's the first display sponsored by the Chicago chapter of the Temple of Satan.
The state government said the temple had the same right as other religious groups to have a display.
"Under the Constitution, the First Amendment, people have a right to express their feelings, their thoughts," Dave Druker, spokesman for the Illinois secretary of state, told the State Journal-Register. "This recognises that."
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Festive Satanic statue added to Illinois statehouse (Original Post)
NeoGreen
Dec 2018
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. That's actually pretty dang cool, I gotta say ... (nt)
Iggo
(48,286 posts)2. I'm laughing too hard to make a coherent comment.
An arm holding an apple.
ADX
(1,622 posts)3. Joshua 24:15...