{"id":81932,"date":"2026-04-03T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81932"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:11:04","slug":"satanic-temple-wins-legal-fight-over-10-commandments-monument-in-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/satanic-temple-wins-legal-fight-over-10-commandments-monument-in-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Satanic Temple Wins Legal Fight Over 10 Commandments Monument in Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Reason.com:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Satanic Temple scored a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.4029tv.com\/article\/arkansas-capitol-ten-commandments\/70910652\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.4029tv.com\/article\/arkansas-capitol-ten-commandments\/70910652\">legal victory<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday when a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/arkansas\/aredce\/4:2018cv00342\/111984\/346\/\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/district-courts\/arkansas\/aredce\/4:2018cv00342\/111984\/346\/\">federal judge ruled<\/a>\u00a0that Arkansas must remove a Ten Commandments monument from its state Capitol. The ruling comes after a nearly decade-long battle over the religious display on government grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Satanic Temple offered to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.4029tv.com\/article\/arkansas-capitol-ten-commandments\/70910652\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.4029tv.com\/article\/arkansas-capitol-ten-commandments\/70910652\">install its own statue,<\/a>\u00a0a 7.5-foot-tall bronze statue of Baphomet, a goat-headed creature with wings and an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.philo.com\/player\/player\/vod\/Vk9EOjYwODU0ODg5OTY0ODc5MDM0MA?source=search\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.philo.com\/player\/player\/vod\/Vk9EOjYwODU0ODg5OTY0ODc5MDM0MA?source=search\">Iggy Pop\u2013inspired<\/a>\u00a0human chest. In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.4029tv.com\/article\/satanic-temple-unveils-baphomet-statue-at-arkansas-capitol\/22751201\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.4029tv.com\/article\/satanic-temple-unveils-baphomet-statue-at-arkansas-capitol\/22751201\">2018<\/a>, the group temporarily brought Baphomet to the state Capitol on a forklift to protest what they argued was unequal treatment by the state. Tuesday&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0428\/0465\/files\/2026_03_31_-_345_-_ORDER_granting_Ps_and_TST_MSJ_denying_D_MSJ_-_Copy.pdf?v=1775016922\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0428\/0465\/files\/2026_03_31_-_345_-_ORDER_granting_Ps_and_TST_MSJ_denying_D_MSJ_-_Copy.pdf?v=1775016922\">ruling<\/a> by District Judge Kristine G. Baker sided with The Satanic Temple, along with the American Humanist Association, the Freedom from Religion Foundation, and the Arkansas Society of Freethinkers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1775207464\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Satanic Temple Wins Legal Fight Over 10 Commandments Monument in Arkansas\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Reason.com: The Satanic Temple scored a\u00a0legal victory\u00a0on Tuesday when a\u00a0federal judge ruled\u00a0that Arkansas must remove a Ten Commandments monument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}