Tuesday, News Views posted a discussion titled:
“Evil” Satanic Altar on Display in Iowa State Capitol Building”
Thursday a triggered Christian man decapitated and destroyed the statue that was displayed with state permission.
What’s left of the goat’s head
The Satanic Temple of Iowa says a statue in its Iowa capitol display was destroyed “beyond repair.” The display made headlines this week when an Eastern Iowa state lawmaker called for the governor to remove it, calling the display “blasphemous.”
Christian nu††er Michael Cassidy
Other than the CBS 2 article, reports are sketchy with the Right Wing (nu††er) Sentinel doing most of the reporting.
Michael Cassidy, a former Congressional candidate and military officer, has destroyed a Satanic altar at the Iowa State Capitol by beheading a statue in it, according to a conservative news site and photos posted by influencers on X. Cassidy went viral when the Republic Sentinel, a conservative news site, shared photos of the beheaded statue and wrote, “BREAKING: @RepubSentinel can reveal that Michael Cassidy, a Christian and former military officer, tore down and beheaded the Satan altar in the Iowa Capitol.”
Cassidy says he did it to “awaken Christians to the anti-Christian acts promoted by our government. The world may tell Christians to submissively accept the legitimization of Satan, but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic altars inside Capitol buildings as protected by the First Amendment. Anti-Christian values have steadily been mainstreamed more and more in recent decades, and Christians have largely acted like the proverbial frog in the boiling pot of water.”
A Conservative Group Is Pledging $10,000 to Michael Cassidy’s ‘Legal Defense Fund’
Charlie Kirk, of the group TurningPoint USA, wrote on X, “Michael Cassidy just beheaded a monument to Satan inside the Iowa State Capitol building. The Satanic Temple of Iowa is pressing charges and Cassidy is facing fourth-degree criminal mischief. Turning Point USA is proud to pledge $10,000 to his legal defense fund. We stand with Satan Slayer.”
Satanic Temple posted the following message to the group’s Facebook page on Thursday:
“This morning, we were informed by authorities that the Baphomet statue in our holiday display was destroyed beyond repair. We are proud to continue our holiday display for the next few days that we have been allotted.
We ask that for safety, visitors travel together and use the 7 Tenets as a reminder for empathy, in the knowledge that justice is being pursued the correct way, through legal means.
Solve et Coagula! Happy Holidays! Hail Satan!”
The display has drawn scorn from Gov. Kim Reynolds, who called it “absolutely objectionable” and Republican lawmakers, including one who is pushing for a ban on satanic displays in state-owned property.
