Christian Veteran Who Beheaded Satanic Altar in Iowa Capital Charged with Hate Crime

Christian veteran Michael Cassidy, who beheaded a satanic altar in the Iowa capital over the holidays, has been charged with a hate crime.

The altar to Baphomet was installed by the Satanic Temple, with approval from the Iowa Legislature. It featured a goat’s head on a red-caped mannequin holding a crimson pentagram wreath.

The display caused massive controversy, with some arguing that the approval of the shrine was crucial to religious freedom and others arguing that it was a deliberate move to torment Christians — especially as it was placed near a Nativity scene.

On December 14, Cassidy ripped the head off and threw it in a trashcan.

Cassidy was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief, a misdemeanor, the next day.

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Speaking to The Sentinel shortly after the beheading, Cassidy said he had beheaded the statue in order to “awaken Christians to the anti-Christian acts promoted by our government.”

“The world may tell Christians to submissively accept the legitimization of Satan, but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic altars inside Capitol buildings as protected by the First Amendment,” Cassidy said. “Anti-Christian values have steadily been mainstreamed more and more in recent decades, and Christians have largely acted like the proverbial frog in the boiling pot of water.”

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Hunter Biden wants prosecutors to go to AA meetings

Latest court filings pick up on previous claims that first son is target of politically motivated federal prosecutors.

Hunter Biden's defense team hit back Tuesday against federal prosecutors in his gun case, suggesting that they may benefit from attending Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meetings.

The latest filings pick up on previous claims that allege that President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is the target of politically motivated federal prosecutors.

In one lengthy footnote, the defense said Hunter Biden's 2021 book: "Beautiful Things: A Memoir," was not a confession to using drugs while owning a firearm, but a cautionary tale designed to help Americans struggling with addiction. The defense also suggested prosecutors could benefit from attending AA and NA meetings.

"Perhaps the prosecution should visit an Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous meeting, where they will find that the sort of stories Mr. Biden recounts in his memoir are common. These stories are not told to gloat. Acknowledging the depraved actions that they have taken while in the throes of addiction and acknowledging responsibility for them is part of the healing process," defense attorney Abbe David Lowell wrote. "It shows others who are coming to terms with their addiction that they are not alone, that there are others who understand them, and that there is a path forward. Mr. Biden wrote his memoir as a cautionary tale to show that even a child born into great privilege can succumb to addiction and, perhaps more importantly, to show people that no matter how far you may have fallen, you can still pick yourself back up. Mr. Biden has been proudly sober four years now – a fact the prosecution conveniently omits when it revels in discussing the more salacious details of his history of drug use."

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