Hate Crime: Christian Navy Veteran Charged for Tearing Down Satan Statue in Iowa Capitol

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Cassidy told the Sentinel at the time that he destroyed the statue to "awaken Christians to the anti-Christian acts promoted by our government":"The world may tell Christians to submissively accept the legitimization of Satan, but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic altars inside Capitol buildings as protected by the First Amendment," Cassidy said.

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