A satanic idol goes to the Arkansas Capitol building

Freedom of religion is a double edged sword. That being said, the tennets of Satanism are actually quite ethical in my opinion.

Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
Do not make advances unless you are given the mating signal.
Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
Do not harm little children.
Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.

Actual organized Satanism is mostly secular people who have had negative experiences with Abrahamic faiths such as Christianity. They are generally rebelling against the Christian/Islamic/Judaic faiths by being blasphemous while maintaining moral, but non-religious views. They also seem to enjoy when people freak out about their publicity stunts. There are different sets of Satanism but the majority of organized Satanists are LeVayan Satanists or of a similar branch. The majority are Agnostic or Athiest, but philosophically hold particular views.

They don’t believe in God or Satan as real entities. They use Satan as a symbol to represent earthly values and man's inherent nature living your life to fulfill your desire, whether it be intellectual or carnal. It’s a belief in you own powers and abilities. Not needing any spiritual being to help me or that I owe anything to. That humans are closer to the false entity Satan than the false entity God. This differentiates them from Theistic Satanists and Devil Worshippers.

I searched the ethnic groups of Arkansan, and google returned me these results

Rank Ancestry % of Population
2. African American 11.9
3. Irish 9.5
4. German 9.3
5. English 7.9

It's their dogma that satan is an allegory. For other people it is real and there is nothing good in such statues.

For the Christian and Traditionalist it may not be, but what should the TST care about the "other people"? These organisations have said time and time again that they are no Occultists, that it is a symbol, that to them "faith" and religion may be seperated, but "the others" don't really care now do they? It is not these organisations fault for not being able to bring these people up to date, "they" simply lack the drive to look beyond appearances. Now, I do agree that their is nothing good in these statues, there also isn't anything bad in them either, it's mostly just stone in there. I am not Satanist, I actually despise the """philosophy""", so I need to agree that there isn't any real quality in it, but I need to say that it was quite amussing with the offended Christian protesting, was probably the intention of the TST.