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Satanic Temple Invokes Supreme Court Ruling to Force Display at Florida Capitol Building
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Members of the Satanic Temple in Florida sought to put up a holiday display in the state Capitol Building this year as other religious and non-religious groups have done. But state officials denied the request by the temple, which is now citing a U.S. Supreme Court decisionsupported by five conservative justices to support its case.
Everything from nativity scenes to beer-can Festivus poles to plates of pasta from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have been displayed in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol Building during holiday time. But when the Satanists wanted to put up an angel being consumed by flames, the state Department of Management Servicesrejected the display, saying it was too offensive.
The unholy rollers claim Florida is denying them their constitutional rights under the First Amendment, citing the 1994 Supreme Court decision in Rosenberger v. University of Virginia, the upshot of which was the government cannot selectively choose from among religious-based efforts.
If the state of Florida is going to allow one religion in the door, it has to let them all in, regardless of the content, Mark Joseph Stern wrote at Slate.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2014/12/satanic-temple-invokes-supreme-court-ruling-to-force-display-at-florida-capitol-building/
Excellent! It’s about time Satanism gets it’s due.
I may be biased, but a religion is a religion. All should get fair treatment, if even one does.
Government buildings are no place for religious displays of any kind, in my opinion. However, if they allow even one then they must allow them all.