Monument to Baphomet unveiled for Oklahoma statehouse

[Elskidor]

As much as I will enjoy the irony when this is set up, I just wish this separation of religion and poiotics would hurry up and find its ending. Wth were they thinking to allow the original monument? Whoever didn't see this coming has been living under a rock, or perhaps they hoped this would happen. Who knows...

[JesusHChrist]

I think a 16' tall monument to my lord, the FSM ought to be next.

Why should the state kowtow to Christians and Satanists?

[TaraJo]

I think a 16' tall monument to my lord, the FSM ought to be next.

Why should the state kowtow to Christians and Satanists?

I think they'd allow that one, too. I don't think the people of Oklahoma will try to draw a line until Islam tries to erect a monument. As much as they hate atheists and Satanists, Muslims get a special level of hatred there, all their own.

[Tonus]

"Constitutional law is quite clear on this issue: The state can’t discriminate against viewpoints. If they’ve opened the door for one, they’ve opened it for all.”

I'm guessing that a lot of Oklahomans will ditch constitutional law for mob rule the moment it becomes convenient for them to do so. Which would, not coincidentally, be the moment someone petitions to display a non-Christian statue or sign.

[SteelCurtain]

There is a similar thing going on in Florida. Except the Christians are fighting back against atheists. Apparently a granite bench with Humanist quotes is way worse than a Satanist effigy.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...ted-again/

A couple of months ago, the Levy County Commissioners voted unanimously to reject the atheists’ proposal, saying the application wasn’t complete.
The atheists responded by saying this was a foregone conclusion before the meeting even started:

Reasons for denial were idiotic and the staff outline of those was NOT given to us in a timely manner in order to allow us to address them properly. When we arrived at the hearing, Ray was called up front by the Clerk who THEN gave him a copy of their reasons. Too little too late, ya think?

Now, at the end of April, they’ve tried once again to get their bench approved… and, once again, they’ve been denied. What’s the reason this time?
The (completely) arbitrary guidelines say that all monuments must have a complete text on them. So no quotations allowed. And wouldn’t you know it? The proposed atheist bench was full of quotations…
But wait a minute. The Ten Commandments is far from a “complete text,” right? It’s just a small, carefully-edited excerpt from a much larger and darker book.

[ThePinsir]

I think a 16' tall monument to my lord, the FSM ought to be next.

Why should the state kowtow to Christians and Satanists?

And I would gladly donate to that cause!

I can't wait until some Muslim community tries it. The butthurt will soar!

[TaraJo]

I think a 16' tall monument to my lord, the FSM ought to be next.

Why should the state kowtow to Christians and Satanists?

And I would gladly donate to that cause!

I can't wait until some Muslim community tries it. The butthurt will soar!

My boyfriend is a pretty talented painter. If you're willing to go with the monument in painting form, I'd be more than happy to talk him into doing an FSM painting.

[ThePinsir]

And I would gladly donate to that cause!

I can't wait until some Muslim community tries it. The butthurt will soar!

My boyfriend is a pretty talented painter. If you're willing to go with the monument in painting form, I'd be more than happy to talk him into doing an FSM painting.

Aren't these monuments usually outdoors?

[TaraJo]

My boyfriend is a pretty talented painter. If you're willing to go with the monument in painting form, I'd be more than happy to talk him into doing an FSM painting.

Aren't these monuments usually outdoors?

Yes and there are still ways to make a painting that will hold up outdoors. The easiest way would be to just paint onto the side of the building and turn it into a mural, and while I'm fairly confident the state of Oklahoma wouldn't let us do that, I'm sure the monument could simply be a blank wall the painting is put onto.

[Minimalist]

Maybe the muslims will put aside their refusal to indulge in statuary long enough to put up a big statue of mohammed or something. Anything to further piss off the xtian idiots of Oklahoma.