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- Hundreds of people turned out tonight

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for the unveiling 
of a very controversial statue.

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- Yeah, it really is.

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

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Their message, they say, 
more about laws protecting

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religious freedom than about Satan.

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Priya Mann joins us live.

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

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Did the event remain calm?

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

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There were a few protesters early on

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

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They were told to step back,
which they did.

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

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

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hundreds waited for tickets to the unveiling

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

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Most of the people here agree
with the teachings

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

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

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We get to experience this

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and we get to see this amazing statue

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being unveiled for all the world to see.

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

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represented in such glory 
as Italian stone.

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I do hope his eyes gaze upon me,

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and that my allegiance is recognized.

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

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Notice me!

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(crowd murmuring)

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- (protester 1) Jesus!

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- (protester 2) Lord, remove--

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- (reporter) Protesters 
took the heavy rainfall

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as some sort of sign 
and even brought their own statue

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of an angel crushing the devil.

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

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and King Behemoth would rise,

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and two eternal juggernauts 
would do battle

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right here in the middle of the city.

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But for what is this battle raging, you ask?

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I dunno.

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What stands at the center?

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

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

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

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The Satan statue has never 
before been seen publicly.

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

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the separation of Church and State.

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

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Like I'm equal parts God and the Devil;

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a cloak of shame covers this man

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and only supreme light 
will wash my body clean.

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But how could that light possibly reach me

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

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So I carry my wrong-doings on my back

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like some kind of tormented hiker,

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lost in the hills of misfortune,

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looking desperately for that peak
to rescue him from the valley

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of depraved, habitual self-pleasuring.

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

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and a thousand judging eyes 
staring back at me

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

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

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Stop asking me that!

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(shrilly) Leave me alone!!!

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(crowd murmurs)

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Satan's pretty cool.

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

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will not stay here in Detroit.

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The Satanic temple wants
to take the statue to Arkansas.

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The state capitol there,
there is a monument

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to the Ten Commandments.

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

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

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

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- My, the controversy will move South.

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