Keeping reading to learn about the beheading at Iowa State!
In December 2023, Michael Cassidy – a former Republican candidate for Mississippi’s state House of Representatives – walked into the Iowa State Capitol, and was surprised the legislature allowed the Satanic Temple to display Baphomet, a creepy goat-headed statue.
Baphomet is a winged creature with a goat head, which according to Encyclopedia Britannica is a “deity” the Knights Templar “were accused of worshipping and that was later embraced by various occult and mystical writers.”
The 35-year-old Lauderdale man told Fox News that when he saw the altar, “nobody was there, and it offended me. It touched a nerve. It was, you know, righteous indignation.” Then, he “tore [the head] off” and “put it in a garbage bag.”
Instead of running from the scene, Cassidy – a “Christian conservative” who loves his country – took the head to security and in return he received a citation.
“I saw this blasphemous statue and was outraged,” Cassidy said, according to the Des Moines Register. “My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so, I acted.”