Editing The Satanic Temple (section)

===Holiday displays===
[[File:Leviathan Cross.svg|thumb|upright|A Leviathan cross]]
Chapters throughout the United States have erected various displays to appear adjacent to Christian [[Nativity scene]]s on public grounds.<ref name="InfernalUseOnlyDisplays">{{cite web |date=2018-12-03 |title=The Satanic Temple-Chicago Displays Holiday Monument In Illinois |url=https://www.patheos.com/blogs/infernal/2018/12/the-satanic-temple-chicago-displays-holiday-monument-at-illinois-state-capitol/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=For Infernal Use Only}}</ref> A display in the [[Florida State Capitol]] rotunda in 2014 featured an angel falling from the sky into a pit of flames,<ref name="FLAdisplay2014">{{cite news |first=Abby |last=Ohlheiser |date=2014-12-04 |title=The Florida capitol's holiday display will include a festive message from the Satanic Temple |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/04/the-florida-capitols-holiday-display-will-include-a-festive-message-from-the-satanic-temple/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> which was vandalized and then modified as a result.<ref name="FLAdisplay2014Fixed">{{cite news |first=Abby |last=Ohlheiser |date=2014-12-24 |title=Here's how the Satanic Temple fixed its vandalized holiday display in the Florida capitol |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/12/24/heres-how-the-satanic-temple-fixed-its-vandalized-holiday-display-in-the-florida-capitol/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> That same year a display at the [[Michigan State Capitol]] featured the message "The Greatest Gift is Knowledge" and a depiction of a snake wrapped around a black [[List of occult symbols|Leviathan cross]].<ref name="LansingDisplay2014">{{cite news |first=Abby |last=Ohlheiser |date=2014-12-16 |title=Michigan's state capitol will host a Satanic Temple display, but no nativity scene (for now) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/12/16/michigans-state-capitol-will-host-a-satanic-temple-display-but-no-nativity-scene-for-now/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref name="Lansing2014NPR">{{cite web |date=2014-12-17 |title=Satanist And Christian Holiday Displays To Go Up At Michigan Capitol |first=Bill |last=Chappell |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/17/371503835/satanist-and-christian-holiday-displays-to-go-up-at-michigan-capitol |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=NPR.org}}</ref> Sponsored by the Detroit chapter, this "Snaketivity" display returned to Lansing capitol grounds in 2015,<ref name="Hinkley 2015">{{cite web |last=Hinkley |first=Justin A. |date=2015-12-02 |title=Satanic Temple to counter Ted Cruz nativity in Lansing |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/12/02/cruz-campaigns-nativity-lansing-spurs-snaketivity/76661818/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=[[Detroit Free Press]]}}</ref><ref name="Behnan 2015">{{cite web |last=Behnan |first=Christopher |date=2015-12-14 |title='Satanic ceremony' set for Capitol lawn |url=https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/12/14/satanic-ceremony-set-capitol-lawn/77282260/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=Lansing State Journal}}</ref> and again in 2016.<ref name="Hinkley 2016">{{cite web |last=Hinkley |first=Justin A. |date=2016-12-07 |title=Snaketivity, Nativity returning to Capitol |url=https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/capitol/2016/12/07/snaketivity-nativity-returning-capitol/95109902/ |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=Lansing State Journal}}</ref><ref name="Snaketivity2016">{{cite web |date=2016-12-08 |title=Snaketivity 2016 Press Release |url=https://thesatanictemplearizona.com/snaketivity-2016-press-release/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524055929/https://thesatanictemplearizona.com/snaketivity-2016-press-release/ |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=The Satanic Temple Arizona}}</ref>

The Chicago chapter updated "Snaketivity" as a sculpture for display in the [[Illinois State Capitol]] rotunda in 2018: with a [[Serpents in the Bible|serpent]] coiled around a woman's hand presenting an apple, and the message "Knowledge is the Greatest Gift" inscribed on the supporting pedestal;<ref name="SpringfieldDisplay2018NYT">{{cite web |first=Liam |last=Stack |date=2018-12-06 |title=Satan Is in the Illinois Capitol. Because It's the Holidays! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/us/satan-statue-illinois-capitol.html |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="SpringfieldDisplay2018NPR">{{cite web |date=2018-12-04 |title=Satanic Sculpture Installed at Illinois Statehouse, Just in Time for the Holidays |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/12/04/673422143/satanic-sculpture-installed-at-illinois-statehouse-just-in-time-for-the-holidays |first=Laurel |last=Wamsley |access-date=2019-04-28 |website=NPR.org}}</ref> the same sculpture returned in 2019.<ref name="Atheist 2019">{{cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Once Again, Satanic Temple "Snaketivity" Goes Up in Illinois State Capitol |url=https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/12/02/once-again-satanic-temple-snaketivity-goes-up-in-illinois-state-capitol/ |access-date=2019-12-03 |website=Friendly Atheist}}</ref><ref name="Finke2020">{{cite web |last=Finke |first=Doug |date=2020-11-30 |title=From Christmas trees to the Satanic Temple, no holiday displays at state Capitol in 2020 |url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2020/11/30/illinois-capitol-cancels-holiday-displays-year/6443940002/ |access-date=2020-12-03 |website=JournalStar}}</ref> The West Michigan chapter installed a [[Yule goat]] outside their state's capitol on the 2019 [[winter solstice]].<ref name="YuleGoatFA">{{cite web |last=Mehta |first=Hemant |date=2019-12-23 |title=A Satanic "Yule Goat" Has Been Put Up Outside the Michigan State Capitol |url=https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/12/23/a-satanic-yule-goat-has-been-put-up-outside-the-michigan-state-capitol/ |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=Friendly Atheist}}</ref><ref name="Ware2019">{{cite web |last=Ware |first=Alexis |date=2019-12-21 |title=Satanic display returns to Capitol building |url=https://www.wilx.com/content/news/New-Satanic-display-at-the-Capitol-building-566408951.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224035919/https://www.wilx.com/content/news/New-Satanic-display-at-the-Capitol-building-566408951.html |archive-date=December 24, 2019 |access-date=2019-12-24 |website=Home}}</ref>

Following a [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|pandemic hiatus]] on holiday displays in their State Capitol, the Illinois congregation announced a new sculpture for the rotunda in celebration of [[Sol Invictus (holiday)|Sol Invictus]] 2021: Baphomet as a newborn baby.<ref name="Adams2021">{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Andrew |date=2021-12-18 |title=Satanic Temple to install Sol Invictus holiday display at state Capitol rotunda |url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/state/2021/12/18/satanic-temple-install-holiday-display-illinois-state-capitol/8952418002/ |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=State Journal-Register}}</ref> Local Catholic bishop [[Thomas Paprocki]] declined an invitation to attend the installation of the statue, which took place December 20.<ref name="Emerson2021">{{cite web |last=Emerson |first=Jakob |date=2021-12-20 |title=Satanic holiday display installed at Illinois Capitol |url=https://newschannel20.com/news/local/satanic-holiday-display-installed-at-illinois-capitol |access-date=2021-12-20 |website=WICS}}</ref><ref name="Greene2021">{{cite web |last=Greene |first=Heather |date=2021-12-21 |title=Catholic bishop criticizes Satanic Temple holiday display at Illinois Statehouse |url=https://religionnews.com/2021/12/21/catholic-bishop-criticizes-satanic-temple-holiday-display-at-illinois-statehouse/ |access-date=2021-12-22 |website=Religion News Service}}</ref> Illinois congregants returned to the rotunda in 2022 with a [[crochet]] display of apples and the [[Serpents in the Bible#Eden|serpent of Genesis]], paired with a [[On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres|book by Copernicus]] that had been [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|banned by the Vatican for centuries]].<ref name="IL2022">{{cite web |last1=Connolly |first1=Danny |last2=Henke |first2=Cole |date=2022-12-07 |title=Satanic Temple adds 'Serpent of Genesis' to Capitol Rotunda holiday display |url=https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/satanic-temple-adds-serpent-of-genesis-to-capitol-rotunda-holiday-display/ |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=WCIA.com}}</ref>

New displays were organized by local congregations in 2023, with a decorated tree at the [[National Railroad Museum]] in Wisconsin,<ref name="Bond 2023 b770">{{cite web |last=Bond |first=Paul |date=2023-11-29 |title=Congressman at odds with Wisconsin museum over Satan-themed Christmas Tree |access-date=29 June 2024 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-odds-wisconsin-museum-satan-themed-christmas-tree-1848165 |website=Newsweek}}</ref> as well as a mirror-covered, red-cloaked Baphomet statue at the [[Iowa State Capitol]].<ref name="Bowman2023">{{cite web |last=Bowman |first=Beau |date=2023-12-07 |title=Satanic Temple display inside Iowa State Capitol building |url=https://www.kcci.com/article/des-moines-satanic-temple-display-inside-iowa-state-capitol-building/46057210 |website=KCCI}}</ref><ref name="Slisco2023">{{cite web |last=Slisco |first=Aila |date=2023-12-12 |title=Republican governor asks for prayers over Satanic Temple display |url=https://www.newsweek.com/republican-governor-asks-prayers-over-satanic-temple-display-1851793 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=Newsweek}}</ref> After the Iowa display was vandalized, organizers salvaged some remaining altar elements.<ref name="Sabes2023">{{cite web |last=Sabes |first=Adam |date=2023-12-14 |title=Satanic display inside Iowa State Capitol destroyed, man charged: officials |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/satanic-display-inside-iowa-state-capitol-destroyed-man-charged-officials |access-date=2023-12-15 |publisher=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="Mehta2023">{{cite web |last=Mehta |first=Hemant |date=2023-12-14 |orig-date=2023-12-13 |title=Update: Conservatives can't handle The Satanic Temple's harmless display in Iowa's Capitol |url=https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/conservatives-cant-handle-the-satanic |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Friendly Atheist}}</ref><ref name="McfetridgeSalter">{{cite news |last1=Mcfetridge |first1=Scott |last2=Salter |first2=Jim |date=2023-12-15 |title=Former Mississippi House candidate charged after Satanic Temple display is destroyed at Iowa Capitol |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2023/12/15/satanic-temple-display-vandalized-iowa-capitol/998439d4-9b70-11ee-82d9-be1b5ea041ab_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> A former Republican Congressional candidate from Mississippi was charged with a felony and violation of "individual rights" under Iowa's [[Hate crime laws in the United States|hate crime law]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dallas |first=Kelsey |date=2024-02-01 |title=An attack on a satanic statue in Iowa has led to a hate crime charge |url=https://www.deseret.com/faith/2024/2/1/24058074/michael-cassidy-iowa-satanic-display-hate-crime |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=William |date=2024-01-30 |title=Suspect accused of destroying Satanic display at Iowa Capitol charged with hate crime |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2024/01/30/iowa-capitol-satanic-statue-vandalism-hate-crime-michael-cassidy-mississippi/72413585007/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="APnews2024may24">{{cite web | title=Mississippi man accused of destroying statue of pagan idol at Iowa state Capitol takes plea deal | website=AP News | date=2024-05-24 | url=https://apnews.com/article/satanic-temple-hate-crime-iowa-1e56fb00dbe3a45f3efac6dcaa0c4147 }}</ref>

An installation in front of the [[New Hampshire State House]] was vandalized and restored multiple times in December 2024.<ref name="Aitken2024">{{cite web | last=Aitken | first=Madeleine | title=The Satanic Temple holiday display restored after being destroyed — again | website=Boston.com | date=2024-12-23 | url=https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2024/12/23/the-satanic-temple-holiday-display-restored-after-being-destroyed-again/ | access-date=2024-12-26}}</ref>