Satanic display inside Illinois Statehouse days before Christmas draws protesters
Fox News
Religious leaders and others in Illinois were outraged this week, just days before Christmas, when a Satanic group unveiled its holiday display inside the Statehouse rotunda in Springfield.
"Hail, Satan!" members of the Satanic Temple of Illinois shouted as a leader identified as Minister Adam described what the display represented to the group, according to a video posted by the newspaper on its website.
"The Capitol welcomes a diverse range of religions every year to display holiday statues during the holiday season, so we wanted to join in on that," the minister told WICS-TV of Springfield.
Just steps away, a group of kneeling protesters, some holding Rosary beads, recited the Christian "Hail Mary" prayer. They also displayed signs with slogans such as "Satan Has No Rights," and "Begone, Satan! Mary Crushes the Serpent."