Florida’s Capitol will have a new holiday decoration this year, the Satanic Temple will be among its nativity scenes and secular presentations And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. Ephesians 5:11,12 TALLAHASSEE (CBS Miam) — The Florida Department of Management Services this week approved the proposed holiday display from the Satanic Temple, which a year ago was rejected because the agency said its proposal was “grossly offensive.” florida-capital-approves-satanic-temple-christmas-display-666-satanism-in-america A Satanic holiday display approved to be shown in the Florida Capitol. (Courtesy: Satanic Temple) The temple’s entry was one of five displays that got approval to be put up in the first-floor rotunda of the Capitol for the end-of-year holiday period. Two additional requested displays, including one to mark the sitcom-created Festivus holiday, are pending final approval. The state agency offered no explanation with its approval of the displays. John Tupps, a spokesman for Gov. Rick Scott, deferred comment to the department. “DMS makes the rules for the Capitol,” Tupps said. Lucien Greaves, spokesman for the Satanic Temple, said in an email that “the difference seems to be in the fact that this time around we arrived with lawyers.” The temple, which threatened to sue after being rejected last year but never took action, is scheduled to put up its display Dec. 22. The approved display will banner the phrase “Happy holidays from the Satanic Temple” atop a diorama of an angel falling into hell. “We hope that, this holiday season, everybody can put their religious differences aside and respect that the celebratory spirit of responsible hedonism is available to all,” Greaves said in the email. Read the rest of this story on CBS Miami.... NTEB News Desk | December 4, 2014 at 2:50 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: wp.me/p1kFP6-7td
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 00:48:31 +0000