Satanic Temple condemns vandalism of its statue by Christian military veteran

Michael Cassidy arrested over tearing down of satanic altar - symbol of humanism and anti-authoritarianism - at Iowa capitol

The leader of an organization whose satanic altar at Iowa's state capitol was torn down by a Christian military veteran on Thursday has dismissed the vandalism as a real act of cowardice".

There's a certain point at which we need some adults in the room to tell people what ... liberal, democratic values are; what their value is; why we uphold them; what they're good for; and they need to stand up for these values or we are going to further degenerate in our polarism towards autocracy," the co-founder of the Satanic Temple, Lucien Greaves, told CNN's NewsNight on Thursday.