a satanic temple has set up a display inside the Iowa State House it's the holiday season and even secular government buildings display decorations for holidays that are rooted in religion like Christmas trees and manur for 14 days the satanic temple has erected a display alongside these major religious symbols inside the retunda of the Iowa state capital Luci and greeves co-founder of the satanic temple spoke to KCCI 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 though the temple went through the correct
administrative channels to present in the Rotunda the display is getting push back one I hope people realize spiritual warfare is real that there are evil satanic um forces that are trying to infiltrate our state Iowa resident Shelley flart said she was shocked to see the altar at the capital so she organized a group to pray near the rown 's Christmas tree griev says no one is being forced to interact with the satanic temple display my feeling 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 it's a very dark evil force um and I truly hope people know how to battle that the US Department of Justice says religious liberty is enshrined in the text of our constitution it's in the First Amendment where the writers of the Constitution protected the practice of all faiths by stating Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof the satanic temple is a federally recognized religion that does not actually believe in the existence of Satan or the supernatural unlike another religious organization the Church of
Satan the Massachusetts based tax exempt Temple says its mission is to encourage benevolence and empathy reject tyrannical Authority ad ate practical Common Sense oppose Injustice and undertake Noble Pursuits for Inside Edition digital I'm TC Newman
