Catholics Seek To Block “Black Mass” At Kansas Capitol

March 13, 2025 Politics, Religion

The Kansas Reflector reports:

All hail civil disobedience. Gov. Laura Kelly intervened Wednesday in satanists’ plans to conduct a black mass on March 28 at the Statehouse by declaring they would not be allowed inside. The satanists plan to defy her undivine wisdom.

“We will be showing up on the 28th,” said Michael Stewart, founder and president of the Satanic Grotto, which organized the event. “We will be entering the building and attempting to perform the mass, and if Capitol Police want to stop us, they will need to arrest us.”

The Satanic Grotto’s plans to conduct a black mass in the Statehouse rotunda stimulated considerable attention online — and outrage from the Catholic Church. In cheeky social media posts, Stewart describes satanists as “the scariest thing in the dark.”

The red-caped loons are screaming:

The event has drawn criticism from religious groups. TFP Student Action, which stands for Tradition, Family and Property, created a petition to “stop this sacrilege” that has attracted nearly 30,000 signatories.

Chuck Weber, of the Kansas Catholic Conference, released a statement condemning the event, and saying it’s exploring “spiritual and legal responses.”

Some lawmakers have denounced the event but also shared that it is the First Amendment right of the organizers to host it. Sen. Stephen Owens, R-Heston, said the event is “hideous” and “terrible,” but that the state can’t cancel it. “Religious groups from various backgrounds come to the Capitol on a regular basis to preach, pray and display. We cannot discriminate because we disagree,” Owens said.

There’s much more at the first link above.



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