- Hundreds of people turned out tonight

for the unveiling 
of a very controversial statue.

- Yeah, it really is.

The Satanic Temple of Detroit revealed 
the one ton bronze statue.

Their message, they say, 
more about laws protecting

religious freedom than about Satan.

Priya Mann joins us live.

Priya, I know there was some protesters 
out there this evening.

Did the event remain calm?

- See, Sandor, Detroit police say
this was a relatively peaceful event.

There were a few protesters early on

that tried blocking the doors 
so people couldn't get in to get tickets.

They were told to step back,
which they did.

The same statue will be unveiled 
tonight at a secret location.

- (reporter) As a small group 
of protesters prayed,

hundreds waited for tickets to the unveiling

of an eight foot tall bronze statue 
of a goat-headed Satan.

Most of the people here agree
with the teachings

of this Satanic temple, 
the group responsible for the event.

- It's here, it's in Detroit,
and this is fantastic.

We get to experience this

and we get to see this amazing statue

being unveiled for all the world to see.

- I'm just excited to see 
my Lord and Savior, Behemoth,

represented in such glory 
as Italian stone.

I do hope his eyes gaze upon me,

and that my allegiance is recognized.

I don't know-- notice me, senpai!

Notice me!

(crowd murmuring)

- (protester 1) Jesus!

- (protester 2) Lord, remove--

- (reporter) Protesters 
took the heavy rainfall

as some sort of sign 
and even brought their own statue

of an angel crushing the devil.

- Part of me wishes that angel statue 
would come to life

and King Behemoth would rise,

and two eternal juggernauts 
would do battle

right here in the middle of the city.

But for what is this battle raging, you ask?

I dunno.

What stands at the center?

To that, I say, "My soul is at the center,

offered up to the ageless ones,
only to be torn in twain."

- (reporter) The unveiling 
here in Detroit is historic.

The Satan statue has never 
before been seen publicly.

The Satanic temple says the statue is 
a symbol for what they advocate:

the separation of Church and State.

- It's like you can't have one 
without the other, you know?

Like I'm equal parts God and the Devil;

a cloak of shame covers this man

and only supreme light 
will wash my body clean.

But how could that light possibly reach me

with the thick clouds of indecency 
that surround my poor soul?

So I carry my wrong-doings on my back

like some kind of tormented hiker,

lost in the hills of misfortune,

looking desperately for that peak
to rescue him from the valley

of depraved, habitual self-pleasuring.

But again, I find nothing except 
for sweaty, devastated loneliness

and a thousand judging eyes 
staring back at me

from the cover of 
a stolen Victoria's Secret catalogue.

I didn't take your mail, Mrs. Pemberton!

Stop asking me that!

(shrilly) Leave me alone!!!

(crowd murmurs)

Satan's pretty cool.

- Now, it's important to know 
that the Satan statue

will not stay here in Detroit.

The Satanic temple wants
to take the statue to Arkansas.

The state capitol there,
there is a monument

to the Ten Commandments.

They want to put the statue 
next to it as a form of protest.

So again, the Satan statue 
will not stay here in Detroit.

Reporting live, I'm Priya Mann, Local 4.

- My, the controversy will move South.

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