Christian Beheads Satanic Temple’s ‘Holiday’ Baphomet Statue in Iowa State Capitol

Published on December 15, 2023

A temporary statue of the goat-headed pagan idol Baphomet set up by the Satanic Temple in the Iowa State Capitol for the Christmas season was destroyed by a Christian man on Thursday. Michael Cassidy, 35, a former military officer who once ran for office as a Republican, said he “saw this blasphemous statue and was outraged.” “My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so I acted,” Mr. Cassidy told The Sentinel, adding that he was further motivated by 1 John 3:8 (English Standard Version), “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil.”...

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