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Summary

The Satanic Temple’s holiday display in Concord, featuring a Baphomet statue, was vandalized twice within 48 hours, leaving it broken into pieces.

The display was meant to promote religious plurality alongside a longstanding Catholic nativity scene but faced backlash.

Mayor Byron Champlin opposed the permit, calling the display a political stunt, though the city approved it to avoid litigation.

Critics argue it disrupts holiday harmony, while supporters emphasize First Amendment protections.

The city plans to review policies on public displays to prevent similar conflicts in the future.

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[–] Shanedino 41 points 6 days ago

Hate crime?

[–] themeatbridge 190 points 1 week ago

So a hate crime and religious persecution, and the Mayor is happy about it.

[–] [email protected] 171 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

The city plans to review policies on public displays to prevent similar conflicts in the future.

I mean, there's literally only two options allowed by the Constitution: either all religions are welcome to have public displays or none are. I'd prefer none, but if that's off the table, then they all should have a place.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The constitution says whatever the Supreme Court wants it to say.

[–] rayyy 4 points 6 days ago

Supreme Court

The Extreme Court - FTFY

[–] SkyezOpen 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Indeed. Wonder how fragile the nativity is.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't sink to the level of vandalizing it, but I will throw out a joke that the people who want it there have really fragile egos.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but only "real" religions are protected.

Which religions are real? Just the ones that believe in God, and Christmas and stuff, duh.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Whoa there, just because my God is a giant ball of spaghetti, who touches us all with Their noodley appendage, doesn't mean They're not God. It's only the stinky atheists who don't have a real religion. Well, maybe the agnostics too, but I'm not sure.

My pasta themed X-mas decorations stay.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Psssh I know you don't really believe in such a foolish thing that's not real, that's why yours doesn't count

[–] NocturnalMorning 99 points 1 week ago

Religious freedom, as long as you have the same religion as me..

[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These Christian’s are terrorizing everyone now.

[–] pdxfed 55 points 1 week ago

In a radical departure from the past few thousand years...

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago

*desecrated

[–] eran_morad 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] TheEighthDoctor 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Roman emperor approves this message

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago

I guess the “Free staters” wanna die then, given their motto they’re so inexorably proud of parroting without any praxis:

Live Free or Die

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

New England is one of the least religious places in the country, too. The statue survived 48 hours up there-- bet it wouldn't have made it 12 in the south.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

New England in general is that way... but we keep all our crazies in NH.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

I'm sure the police are launching a manhunt the size of that for the Adjuster as we speak! I'm sure it wasn't just one of the police officers while off duty.

[–] nutsack 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

my favorite holidays past time is driving around suburban america sloshing nativity scene baby jesus with gallons of putrid blood

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

They disrupt winter harmony

[–] paraphrand 19 points 1 week ago

“Celebrate properly, or else.”