Your thoughts on Satanism and the petition for a Satanic statue.

[Jenny A]

I have a problem with them wanting to put that up right next to a Christian/Jewish symbol, though. Those Satanists did not invent the symbol of the Demon, the bible did. They took something that was made up to represent evil, and are trying to make it their own. Which is fine, I guess, but by putting it next to the 10 commandments statue, they are deliberately and knowingly trying to "defile" something that is very sacred for the majority of people in this country. Why not just choose a different spot to put their statue in? Its own spot?

Protecting religious symbols from defilement by other viewpoints in their proximity is establishment of religion and therefore a violation of the Establishment Clause.   If it's important not to have the Christian/Jewish symbol "undefiled" by the mere presence of differing views, put them on private land.  Otherwise, too bad, so sad, another Unconstitutional privilege taken away.