Veterans Memorial In MN Town To Feature Satanic Monument

BELLE PLAINE, MN – A memorial for fallen soldiers that features a kneeling solder praying near a cross at the Veterans Memorial Park in Belle Plaine will soon be joined by a satanic, black cube with inverted pentagrams. The new monument is a result of a First Amendment battle playing out in the small, southern Minnesota city.

The structures will stay in a "limited open forum," a place that can feature monuments that honor veterans, KARE 11 reported:

The open forum, or free speech space, was created by the city council after the Freedom From Religion Foundation threaten to sue the city for allowing the display of a religious symbol on public land.

“They said it was a violation of the first amendment,” said Mike Votca, city administrator of Belle Plaine. “We knew that our policy is going to be inclusive of anyone and any group could be a part of that.”

The second application received and approved by the city was from the Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts.

Read much more at KARE 11.

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