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Satanic statue added to Illinois Statehouse alongside Nativity scene and Menorah
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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012
Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.
Satanic Temple says sculpture inspired by Garden of Eden story
A display from the Satanic Temple has been allowed on display in the rotunda of the Illinois statehouse. (The Satanic Temple - Chicago / Facebook)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A display from the Satanic Temple has been allowed on display in the Illinois Statehouse alongside a Nativity scene and a Menorah, just in time for the holidays.
The sculpture, called "Knowledge is the Greatest Gift," depicts the arm of a woman holding an apple in her hand, with a snake wrapped around the extended forearm. The whole structure, including the base, is 4 1/2 feet tall, reports The State Journal-Register.
The paper reports that the State of Illinois cannot legally censor these types of displays as long as they are not paid for by taxpayer dollars.
“Under the Constitution, the First Amendment, people have a right to express their feelings, their thoughts,” said Dave Druker, spokesman for the secretary of state. "This recognizes that."
Illinois Family Action, a Christian social advocacy group, criticized the display on social media Tuesday:
Lex Manticore, the leader and spokesman for the Chicago chapter of the Satanic Temple, said the sculpture is inspired by the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve eat forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge.
“We see Satan as a hero in that story, of course, spreading knowledge,” Manticore told the paper.
Manticore added that the Satanic Temple doesn't actually believe in anything supernatural. “Not only do we not worship a literal Satan," he said. "But we don’t believe one actually exists. Satan for us is a metaphor."
The group's website states that their mission is "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by the individual will."
The group made headlines in August when they unveiled an 8-foot Baphomet statue at the Arkansas State Capitol.
In 2015, the Satanic Temple faced controversy in Detroit when they unveiled a Baphomet statue at a location on Joseph Campau Avenue.
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