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Are only Christian monuments to be placed on publicly-owned property?

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A fun new legal case will be coming up very shortly in Arkansas

Ralliers urge spot at Arkansas Capitol for Satanic Temple's 7½-foot-tall Baphomet statue

Scores of people attended a rally held by the Satanic Temple on Thursday in Little Rock that featured the group's 7½-foot-tall Baphomet statue.

The event was planned by the Satanic Temple and Satanic Arkansas -- which is not affiliated with the national organization -- and took about two months to put together, organizer Ivy Forrester said. Forrester, like several at the rally, gave a pseudonym instead of her real name.

The event was scheduled for 1-3 p.m., but supporters and protesters showed up shortly before the start time and many left before 3 p.m. About 150 people attended the rally, which had a substantial police presence. Authorities declined to give an official crowd estimate.

The rally was prompted by the reinstallation of a Ten Commandments monument at the Capitol in April, the group said.

Installation of a statue of Baphomet -- a part-man, part-goat deity who is seated and accompanied by two smiling children -- alongside the Ten Commandments monument has been denied under a 2017 law that requires legislative sponsorship for consideration of any monument.

The group has argued that the Ten Commandments' place near the Capitol requires other religions be given the chance to display their symbols.
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Somerville said:
A fun new legal case will be coming up very shortly in Arkansas
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Standards for this kind of thing as articulated by the Supreme Court include tradition, the general acceptance of the beliefs such that it becomes a reflection of the community, and not just an individual expression of belief, and that beliefs be sincerely-held.

Me? I really don't care what they do. But as Constitutional standards go, this Baphomet statue seems to fail on three of those criteria. It's just trolling.
 
The Satanists usually end up winning these things.
 
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