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Satansplain #128 – About That Boobless Baphomet Statue, part 1

What’s the deal with that boobless Baphomet statue that Christians keep showing in the media? Hear about its crazy origins, the false promises of the political prank group who created it, why it has nothing to do with Satanism, and a broader examination of American religious monuments to put it in context.

00:00 – Intro
03:19 – Summary
07:36 – That Boobless Baph
11:56 – Some questions quickly answered / NPCs all around
17:35 – Can you have a “religious” monument? It depends.
18:00 – Ten Commandments examples: Texas, Kentucky (2005)
25:02 – The Oklahoma State Capitol monument of the Ten Commandments
30:52 – No, the ACLU isn’t just “anti-Christian”
32:57 – And here they come
42:00 – “Satanists want your children?!?”

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Oklahoma Ten Commandments Case: Links and Timeline

Here are some resources to facilitate Satansplain episodes #128 and #129, including a list of relevant links and a timeline of the mentioned events.

Relevant Links:

Timeline:

  • 2009 – An Oklahoma state representative, Mike Ritze, fronts the money to build a Ten Commandments monument
  • 2012 – The Ten Commandments monument is erected at the Oklahoma State Capitol
  • August 19, 2013 – Some Christians want the Ten Commandments monument removed, for religious reasons. With the help of the ACLU, “Prescott v. Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission – Petition for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief” is filed
  • December 11, 2013 – After “a glitch”, the Satanic Temple’s fundraiser on IndieGogo is open.
  • December 31, 2013 – The Satanic Temple has a YouTube video about the fundraiser
  • January 7, 2014 – The Satanic Temple reaches its fundraising goal of $20k; final amount ended up being over $28k, from a total of 1,032 backers
  • January 13, 2014 – American Atheists has a draft of their own document, stating that they want the Ten Commandments statue taken down because they claim it violates the establishment clause
  • March, 18 2014 – Motion to dismiss American Atheists’ suit, as they didn’t make a clear enough case.
  • April 16, 2014 – The Satanic Temple says on their Facebook page that the statue will be “coming soon, in bronze and stone, to Oklahoma’s State Capitol”
  • October 23, 2014 – Michael Tate Reed drives his car into the Ten Commandments monument. He claims Satan told him to do it.
  • January 8, 2015 – A replacement monument is made and set up
  • June 30, 2015 – Prescott v. Oklahoma Capitol Preservation Commission ends when the Supreme Court of Oklahoma rules in favor of the plaintiffs July 25, 2015 – Satanic Temple’s statue is publicly unveiled at a Detroit event.
  • October 7, 2015 – The Ten Commandments monument gets physically removed
  • June 2017 – Michael Tate Reed, the same vandal from 2014, drives his car into another Ten Commandments monument, this time in Arkansas. He claims he’s a Christian.
  • Nov 2018 – The Satanic Temple sues Netflix because of a statue likeness