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Florida woman damages Satanic Temple display at state capitol
Source: Associated Press
Florida woman damages Satanic Temple display at state capitol
Associated Press in Tallahassee, Florida
theguardian.com, Tuesday 23 December 2014 23.07 GMT
Florida’s Capitol has displayed a Pabst Blue Ribbon Festivus pole, atheist banners and even a tribute to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But a display showing an angel falling into flames with the message “Happy Holidays from the Satanic Temple” was too much for one woman, police said.
The woman damaged the Satanic display Tuesday, a day after an atheist group put it up as a counter to a nativity scene that was set up by a Christian group. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement didn’t immediately release her name or the charges against her.
“The angel’s dead,” said John Porgal, the regional director of American Atheists, when he arrived at the Capitol to see the figurine lying alone on a table. “We’ve been tolerant of their display. We didn’t like it, but we tolerated it. You see what they did to our display.”
Atheist groups last year began taking advantage of the Capitol’s free speech zone after a Christian group installed a manger scene showing the birth of Jesus. The display last year included a Festivus pole in tribute to a holiday created on “Seinfeld” that satirizes the commercialism of Christmas and a display by the Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster, which mocks beliefs that a god created the universe by instead arguing all that exists was created by a plate of pasta and meatballs.
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Associated Press in Tallahassee, Florida
theguardian.com, Tuesday 23 December 2014 23.07 GMT
Florida’s Capitol has displayed a Pabst Blue Ribbon Festivus pole, atheist banners and even a tribute to the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But a display showing an angel falling into flames with the message “Happy Holidays from the Satanic Temple” was too much for one woman, police said.
The woman damaged the Satanic display Tuesday, a day after an atheist group put it up as a counter to a nativity scene that was set up by a Christian group. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement didn’t immediately release her name or the charges against her.
“The angel’s dead,” said John Porgal, the regional director of American Atheists, when he arrived at the Capitol to see the figurine lying alone on a table. “We’ve been tolerant of their display. We didn’t like it, but we tolerated it. You see what they did to our display.”
Atheist groups last year began taking advantage of the Capitol’s free speech zone after a Christian group installed a manger scene showing the birth of Jesus. The display last year included a Festivus pole in tribute to a holiday created on “Seinfeld” that satirizes the commercialism of Christmas and a display by the Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster, which mocks beliefs that a god created the universe by instead arguing all that exists was created by a plate of pasta and meatballs.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/23/florida-woman-damages-satanic-temple-display-capitol
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