Would you allow your child to sit on the lap of Satan—or, rather, a statue of Satan? Of course not, but for religious expression to exist, shouldn't Satanists also have the right to erect statues in honour of their own deities?
According to an article in the Huffington Post, these are the questions currently facing Oklahoma, where the New York-based Satanic Temple has applied for permission to erect a statue in Capitol. This, in a city that already allowed a Ten Commandments monument in 2012.
At seven feet tall, the proposed statue shows Satan as the goat-like figure Baphomet sitting in a "pentagram-adorned throne with smiling children next to him."
Temple spokesperson, Lucien Greaves, claims the chair is actually functional, as "people of all ages may sit on the lap of Satan for inspiration and contemplation."
After all, what's good for Christianity is equally good for Satanism and any other religion. Right?
A valid yet highly controversial point, in a state that falls within America's conservative Bible Belt. Yet the Temple is dead serious in its plan, and has already raised half of the $20,000 construction cost.
What do you think of the proposed statue?
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