A satanic so-called “holiday display” is currently in the Minnesota State Capitol, according to recent reports. The office of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who does not personally approve of it, recently told a news outlet that the display is protected by the First Amendment.
CBS News Minnesota’s WCCO News reported that the group Minnesota Satanists set up the display over the Dec. 14-15 weekend.
A spokesperson for Walz told WCCO in a statement regarding the display: “The First Amendment means that he does not police speech in the State Capitol. That’s true whether it’s a religious display, a political protest, or a Minnesotan advocating for a policy.”
On X, Alpha News posted a screenshot of a Minnesota Satanists post about the display. The group thanked its members “for helping us set up Minnesota Satanist’s first ever holiday display at the State Capitol in Saint Paul! HAIL RELIGIOUS PLURALITY!!! HAIL S*T*N!!!”
On U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s (R-Minnesota) personal X account, he described the display as “a disgrace.”
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Almost exactly one year ago, retired military officer and former congressional candidate Michael Cassidy, a Christian, made headlines when he beheaded a Satanic “holiday display” that had been put up in Iowa’s State Capitol.
Cassidy has been vocal on his X account about the recent display in the Minnesota State Capitol, questioning the responsibility held by the state’s elected officials.
Addressing and tagging Walz in a Dec. 15 post, Cassidy asked, “Do you want the Democratic Party defined as promoters of Satanism, by tolerating their display in your state capitol? If not, what are you doing to stop it?”
Cassidy addressed similar questions via X posts to Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin, who is the Democratic National Committee Vice-Chair, and to the Minnesota House of Representatives’ Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Majority Caucus.
On Dec. 15, Cassidy posted an image, likely AI-generated, of the Founding Fathers standing agape and concerned. He captioned it: “The Founding Fathers hearing that in 250 years many government and religious leaders would think the 1st Amendment means tolerating Satanic icons in State Capitols.”
In New Hampshire last week, an unidentified person destroyed a Satanic statue set up by the Satanic Temple outside of the Statehouse, near a nativity display. As of Dec. 16, the destroyed statue has been repaired and put back up, according to the Concord Monitor.
Following Cassidy’s actions at the Iowa State Capitol last year, Iowa State Rep. Brad Sherman was among those who argued against the legality of the display. He wrote Dec. 8, “It is a tortured and twisted interpretation of law that affords Satan, who is universally understood to be the enemy of God, religious expression equal to God in an institution of government that depends upon God for continued blessings.”
LifeNews Note: McKenna Snow writes for CatholicVote, where this column originally appeared.
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