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The same argument had been used against the Satanic Temple's petition to erect a statute of Baphomet at the Oklahoma State Capitol in 2014 by Oklahoma State Representative Paul Wesselhöft, who stated, "[Baphomet has no] historical significance for the State of Oklahoma...the only reason why the Ten Commandments [monument] qualified is because ...
[1] The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building. [1]
A vandal destroyed the Ten Commandments monument in 2014 and plans for the Baphomet statue were put on hold, as the Satanic Temple did not want their statue to stand alone at the capitol. After the Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the monument removed, the statue was unveiled elsewhere in Detroit [15] and is now on public display at Salem Art ...
In 2010, the artist received a lung transplant that saved his life and allowed him to keep creating for 13 more years. At the time of his death, Holden was working on his 25th monument: A statue ...
The Oklahoma State Capitol is the house of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It is the building that houses the Oklahoma Legislature and executive branch offices. It is located along Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City and contains 452,508 square feet of floor area. [ 2 ]
Van Orden v. Perry, 545 U.S. 677 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case involving whether a display of the Ten Commandments on a monument given to the government at the Texas State Capitol in Austin violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
MOORE, Okla. -- A five year old girl from Moore died Wednesday night after being diagnosed with the flu and strep throat over the weekend. Officials at Integris Hospital did not specify what ...
A statue depicting country music legend Johnny Cash was unveiled Tuesday morning at the U.S. Capitol, making the "Man in Black" the first musician to have his likeness represented in Statuary Hall.