{"id":88088,"date":"2026-11-05T08:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T13:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=88088"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T13:22:19","slug":"federal-judge-clears-way-for-satanists-to-hold-holiday-event-in-reluctant-midwestern-states-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/federal-judge-clears-way-for-satanists-to-hold-holiday-event-in-reluctant-midwestern-states-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Clears Way For Satanists To Hold Holiday Event In Reluctant Midwestern State&#8217;s Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Daily Mail (tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.com\/1s\/2026\/11\/05\/06\/112314785-16265269-The_ruling_handed_down_Monday_clears_the_local_Satanic_Temple_to-a-121_1793861529259.jpg\" alt=\"The ruling, handed down Monday, clears the local Satanic Temple to hold its one-day event inside the statehouse this December after officials repeatedly rejected its applications (display pictured)\" width=\"287\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A federal judge has opened the door<span style=\"color: #000000;\">s of <a id=\"mol-c3a6c500-d8db-11f1-9584-6f73502d1ecf\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/iowa\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Iowa&#8217;<\/a>s state <a id=\"mol-c3a64fd0-d8db-11f1-9584-6f73502d1ecf\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/capitol-hill\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Capitol<\/a> to Satanists seeking to host a controversial holiday celebration, overruling years of opposition from Republican leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ruling, handed down Monday, clears the local Satanic Temple to hold its one-day event inside the statehouse this December after officials repeatedly rejected its applications.\u00a0 For years, Republican leaders in the state House and <a id=\"mol-51062d00-d8dc-11f1-9584-6f73502d1ecf\" class=\"class\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/us-senate\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Senate<\/a> have argued that the group&#8217;s proposed displays violate rules banning excessive violence and obscene material.\u00a0The event was set to feature Krampus, the folkloric <a id=\"mol-7e210020-d8dd-11f1-9584-6f73502d1ecf\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/christmas\/index.html\" target=\"_self\">Christmas<\/a> demon, whose costume would involve carrying bundles of sticks. The state&#8217;s Department of Administrative Services warned the props could potentially &#8216;harm children&#8217; or be used as weapons against them.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Daily Mail (tabloid): A federal judge has opened the doors of Iowa&#8217;s state Capitol to Satanists seeking to host.<\/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":["post-88088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88088","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=88088"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88096,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88088\/revisions\/88096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}