Satanic Temple’s nativity show in New Hampshire destroyed, Dem rep calls for brand spanking new show

A satanic “nativity” show involving an occult statue erected on Harmony metropolis property close to the New Hampshire State Capitol was destroyed shortly after a number of vandalism incidents final week. Now, Democratic state Rep. Ellen Learn is saying that the temple “in all probability ought to” get to erect a brand new show as a replacement.

“I feel they in all probability ought to, as a result of I feel the vandalism and the hatefulness shouldn’t go and not using a response. Nevertheless it’s as much as them,” Learn stated, the Catholic Information Company reported.

Learn advised the outlet she got here up with the thought to counsel that The Satanic Temple (TST) put up the Christmas show, which was a statue of Baphomet – regardless of important pushback from native officers – arguing {that a} Catholic teams’ nativity scene of Jesus shouldn’t be the one ornament there. She additionally stated she is a member of TST however has not participated in any of its conferences or occasions. 

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The Baphomet statue is seen within the conversion room at The Satanic Temple the place a “Hell Home” is being held in Salem, Massachusetts, on Oct. 8, 2019. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

Based on its web site, TST’s mission “Is To Encourage Benevolence And Empathy, Reject Tyrannical Authority, Advocate Sensible Widespread Sense, Oppose Injustice, And Undertake Noble Pursuits.”

“We have now publicly confronted hate teams, fought for the abolition of corporal punishment in public faculties, utilized for equal illustration when non secular installations are positioned on public property, supplied non secular exemption and authorized safety in opposition to legal guidelines that unscientifically prohibit folks’s reproductive autonomy, uncovered dangerous pseudo-scientific practitioners in psychological well being care, organized golf equipment alongside different non secular after-school golf equipment in faculties besieged by proselytizing organizations, and engaged in different advocacy in accordance with our tenets,” the web site states. 

Avoiding a authorized dispute over the First Modification, the Harmony Metropolis Council authorized the group’s allow to indicate the show, regardless of the mayor saying earlier this week he wished the town had not authorized it. 

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A show by The Satanic Temple in Harmony, New Hampshire. (The Satanic Temple)

“I opposed the allow as a result of I imagine the request was made not within the curiosity of selling non secular fairness however so as to drive an anti-religious political agenda, and since I don’t reply properly to authorized extortion, the specter of litigation,” Harmony Mayor Byron Champlin stated through the council’s assembly final Monday. “Some on social media have celebrated the Satanic Temple’s show as a victory for non secular pluralism and a mirrored image of our rising variety as a group. I disagree with this. That is about an out-of-state group cynically selling its nationwide agenda on the expense of the Harmony group.”

In the meantime, the town put out an announcement saying that as a result of First Modification and the potential for a lawsuit, the town was compelled to decide on between banning all vacation shows or permitting TST’s statue.

“After reviewing its authorized choices, the Metropolis finally determined to proceed the coverage of permitting unattended shows at Metropolis Plaza throughout this vacation season and to permit the statue,” the town stated in an announcement. “It’s anticipated that the Metropolis Council will evaluation subsequent 12 months whether or not permits for unattended vacation shows must be allowed at Metropolis Plaza.”

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A vacation show by The Satanic Temple lies in ruins on the grounds in Harmony, New Hampshire. (The Satanic Temple)

Learn rebuked the mayor in an interview with the Catholic information outlet this week, saying, “I feel it’s the narrow-mindedness of the mayor, who can’t appear to wrap his head round that this represents a big proportion of the group and its beliefs.”

In a video posted to Fb, two TST representatives unveiled the statue Monday. One spokesperson recalled the group’s core tenets, earlier than chanting, “Hail Devil!” and showcasing the statue. 

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Harmony Deputy Police Chief John Thomas advised a native information outlet that the investigation into who vandalized TST’s property is ongoing. 

TST has erected a number of vacation shows close to metropolis or state properties, typically alongside conventional Christian reveals, lately. In 2022, the Illinois chapter of TST put in a vacation show within the state Capitol rotunda, which featured a crocheted serpent atop a e-book and a pile of apples. In December 2023, the Iowa TST chapter arrange a Baphomet statue on the state Capitol, which was additionally vandalized shortly after its placement.