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Post by Joanna on Feb 11, 2017 4:25:39 GMT -5
Arkansas Law Would Block Satanic Statue on Capitol GroundsLITTLE ROCK – An effort to build a satanic monument near the Arkansas Capitol would effectively be blocked unless lawmakers approve the statue under a measure given initial approval by the House on Monday. The bill backed by the majority-Republican House on a 91-0 vote would prevent the state Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission’s considering proposals to build or remove any monuments without legislative authorization. Current law allows the panel to consider monument proposals and issue recommendations, even though none can be built without legislative approval. The move comes less than two weeks after a subcommittee of the commission cleared the way for a public hearing on a Baphomet statue (presumably on the order of the one pictured above) the Satanic Temple has proposed on the state Capitol grounds. The proposal was made in response to a privately-funded Ten Commandments monument lawmakers approved in 2015.
The lawmaker behind the bill said the change makes sense because the Legislature ultimately has to approve any monument anyway. So far, no legislation has been introduced in favor of the Baphomet statue. “They could get it through a whole lot of work by the commission and never see the light of day,” Republican Rep. Kim Hammer said before the vote. The proposal now heads to the Senate.
Lucien Greaves, the Satanic Temple’s co-founder and spokesman, said the change would help make the case against the Ten Commandments monument because it would show state government’s granting preference for a religious statue on state property. Greaves said he doesn’t believe Hammer’s measure, if it becomes law, should be applied retroactively to block the Baphomet statue. “It essentially consigns any monument placement to being part of the agenda of members of the Legislature and it’s no longer then an open forum,” Greaves said. Greaves said his group hasn’t found a sponsor in the Legislature for the Baphomet statue. It’s also considering pushing legislation to change the process for approving monuments or to ban any religious displays on the Capitol grounds.
Secretary of State Mark Martin, who chairs the commission, supports Hammer’s proposal, his office said. Martin must consult with the commission about the Ten Commandments display and its location before approving it. A public hearing on the Ten Commandments was held last year and the full commission hasn’t set a date to take up the proposal.
Another monument proposal pending before the commission won initial approval in a separate vote Monday. The Senate voted 34-0 to authorize a Gold Star Family memorial in honor of families of armed forces members who have died on active duty. That measure now heads to the House.Source: The Harrison Daily, February 8, 2017.
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Post by jason on Feb 11, 2017 19:57:56 GMT -5
Why is it that people today don't see how absurd it is to allow a few perverts who claim to worship Satan to erect a statue on public grounds or place a "holiday display" in a state capitol, or whatever? If everyone were allowed to erect statues and display items of his or her choice in public places, there wouldn't be room to get inside a capitol building, courthouse or city hall. What happened to the majority rules? If the majority of people don't want a devil statue on their capitol grounds, that should be the end of it. One dark night a few people need to catch queer-bait Lucien Greaves, take him somewhere private and make a "believer" out of him.
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Post by chris on Feb 11, 2017 21:16:29 GMT -5
Why is it that people today don't see how absurd it is to allow a few perverts who claim to worship Satan to erect a statue on public grounds or place a "holiday display" in a state capitol, or whatever? If everyone were allowed to erect statues and display items of his or her choice in public places, there wouldn't be room to get inside a capitol building, courthouse or city hall. What happened to the majority rules? If the majority of people don't want a devil statue on their capitol grounds, that should be the end of it. One dark night a few people need to catch queer-bait Lucien Greaves, take him somewhere private and make a "believer" out of him.
How would you turn him into a Christian if that's not what he believes?
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Post by jason on Feb 13, 2017 1:42:14 GMT -5
How would you turn him into a Christian if that's not what he believes?
I'm not talking about turning him into a Christian. A man (and I use the term loosely) like Greaves, you take out to the woods, tell him if he doesn't cut out the Satanic crap you're going to castrate him and make him believe it. If someone had done that when he exposed himself and did that ridiculous "pink mass" ritual at the cemetery in Mississippi, he would have shut his filthy mouth four years ago. I hate freaking Satanists because they're nothing but a bunch of kooks who want attention.
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Post by catherine on Feb 14, 2017 19:07:27 GMT -5
I'm not talking about turning him into a Christian. A man (and I use the term loosely) like Greaves, you take out to the woods, tell him if he doesn't cut out the Satanic crap you're going to castrate him and make him believe it. If someone had done that when he exposed himself and did that ridiculous "pink mass" ritual at the cemetery in Mississippi, he would have shut his filthy mouth four years ago. I hate freaking Satanists because they're nothing but a bunch of kooks who want attention. I agree that someone needs to put a stop to this gay exhibitionist. But instead of castrating him, they should threaten to cut off his dick. That way, he would still have the urge for sex, but wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
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Post by pat on Feb 15, 2017 20:19:32 GMT -5
Something needs to be done about people like Greaves, who do nothing but try to start trouble.
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