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That statue should never been in the capitol building in the first place - where is the separation between church and state? No religious statues should be in a gov't building period.
Yup. But Iowa really wanted to have the religious memorabilia in government buildings. They made a big deal out of it in Iowa (and other states) about how it wasn't freedom from religion and they were having their Christian memorabilia on display. That being the case, Temple of Satan said we also want ours on display. Some other states that wanted to put religious knicknacks in the state building walked it back. That's really the preferred outcome from the Satanists.
Hate crime legislation was initially introduced to enhance punishments against offenders who victimized people. It's quite a perversion to apply this to a statue.
729A.2 Violation of individual rights — hate crime.
“Hate crime” means one of the following public offenses when committed against a person or a person’s property because of the person’s race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin,
political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability, or the person’s association with
a person of a certain race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, political affiliation, sex,
sexual orientation, age, or disability:
1. Assault in violation of individual rights under section 708.2C.
2. Violations of individual rights under section 712.9.
3. Criminal mischief in violation of individual rights under section 716.6A.
4. Trespass in violation of individual rights under section 716.8, subsections 3 and 4.
Emphasis in bold. Clearly it's appropriate in this case.
A far cry from when mobs of Democrats were regularly destroying statues and monuments, and law enforcement either did little to nothing, or our elected officials applauded them for it. I remember Rep. Nancy Pelosi's infamous words to pushback on that lawlessness. "People will do what they do."
A far cry from when mobs of Democrats were regularly destroying statues and monuments, and law enforcement either did little to nothing, or our elected officials applauded them for it. I remember Rep. Nancy Pelosi's infamous words to pushback on that lawlessness. "People will do what they do."
It mentions individual property. Implying a crime against an individual. For example, burning a cross on someone's lawn.
This statue was owned by the state of Iowa. This crime was not against any individual. And this is a massive perversion of justice.
No, the statue was owned by the Satanic Temple. Burning down a church because it is a church would also be a hate crime.
Maybe this clearly appropriate application of existing law will motivate the Republicans to change the law. They could either vote to remove hate crimes entirely or remove property as a consideration where burning down a church would only get the enhancement if you burned down a church with people in it who suffered harm or, best yet, they could change the law and stop displaying religious knick knacks in government buildings. I wouldn't hold my breath though on them doing any of the three. They'll probably play the victim card.
There has not yet been a First Amendment suit in case law that has found Satanism to be considered a religion under the Constitution. So where is the hate?
Why should he be charged with "hate crime?" I actually agree with waikiki on this one. It is not a hate crime.
No, the fact that the IRS considers the church of Satan as a religious institution is all that it takes. Why do you think you need precedence of it being consider a religion at trial.
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