Tag: IOWA STATE CAPITOL

'It was grossly offensive': Michael Cassidy recounts destroying Satanic display at Iowa Capitol on '1819 News: The Podcast'

A Satanic Temple display became the subject of nationwide interest and outrage last December when it was prominently placed inside the Iowa State Capitol building, just in time for the Christmas holiday.

Talmadge Butts: A different kind of ‘Goat Hill’ at the Iowa State Capitol

The Alabama State Capitol is colloquially known as “Goat Hill” because the building was constructed on a pasture where goats once grazed. In recent weeks, however, the Iowa State Capitol took that pet-name for itself after allowing the Satanic Temple of Iowa to display a statue of Baphomet.