Satanists Want Monument at Oklahoma Capitol
[Satanists
Want Monument at Oklahoma Capitol by
William Bigelow] "A battle will soon
be held in Oklahoma over a statue of
Satan that a group wants to erect
near the monument of the Ten
Commandments on the Statehouse lawn
in Oklahoma City. A group called the
Satanic Temple, backed by the ACLU,
is insisting that its
nearly-completed statue should stand
near the monument, while a spokesman
for the governor bluntly said that
setting up the Satanic statue on the
grounds will never happen.
According to Lucien Graves,
spokesman for the Satanic Temple,
the sculptor working in New York has
not been identified, but has been
commissioned by the Satanic Temple,
which has raised more than $20,000
for the project. Greaves boasted,
“We’re really coming along fast.”
The bronze statue will represent the
Baphomet, or Sabbatic Goat, which
has been commonly thought to
represent Satan for hundreds of
years. To make matters more
disturbing, the statue has a smiling
child on each knee..." Full text:
Satanists Want Monument at Oklahoma
Capitol Ps
33:12
Response to comment [from other]: "If Christians have the right to erect religious monuments in public spaces, then so do Satanists. As well as every other religious group."
Our country was founded on
Judeo-Christian values.
See:
Freedom Ribbon
