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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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