The self-described group of Satanists plans to stage “black mass” within the Kansas Capitol despite recent attempts to block recent attempts by the governor and bipartisan lawmakers.
Demon Cave, a registered nonprofit organization describing “an independent, non-denominational devil's church,” plans to hold a demonstration at the state capitol on March 28th. The event initially “stole a large amount of black bread from the Catholic Church,” according to founder Michael Stewart.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat, issued an order on March 12th banning the Demon Cave from entering the state Capitol for the March 28th demonstration. The order was then followed by amendments to the state capitol building and basis policies led by a group of bipartisan state lawmakers.
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“There are more constructive ways to protest and express differences without scorning or denying sacred religious symbols,” Kelly said in an announcement about the “Black Mass” event in the Devil's Cave.
In Satanist tradition, the “Black Mass” ceremony may include the blasphemous sec, as told online in 2014 by Monsignor Roger J. Landry, priest of Fall River, Massachusetts. During the ritual, “decayed by sexual liquids.”
Michael Stewart and the Devil's Cave are planning to advance the planned “Black Mass” demonstration at the Kansas State Capitol despite efforts from civil servants. (Getty | Devil's Cave)
The lawsuit filed by Joseph Nauman, bishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, allegedly Stewart has allowed him to steal the Eucharist consecrated on social media. The lawsuit also alleged that members of the Devil's Cave had sent threats to lawmakers.
“The First Amendment does not protect criminal conduct,” Senate Speaker Ty Masterson said. He told Kansas Reflector this week. “Recent statements from organizations pledged to engage in such acts required a thoughtful review of policies to ensure the safety of all visitors to the Capitol.”
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In an interview with Fox News Digital, Stewart did not deny the accusation that he was the owner of a social media account that allowed him to receive the host. Stewart said he and his group may have sent rude letters to lawmakers in the past, but no one had threatened them. The evidence hearing in the case took place Thursday and was ultimately denied after Stewart denied the claim, he said.
Michael Stewart, founder of Kansas-based group “The Devil's Cave.” (Michael Stewart/Devil's Cave)
Stewart has pledged to proceed with the demonstration at Capitol on March 28th despite orders that would block it, even if it led to an arrest. He hopes that two or three other members of the Demon Cave will join, but urges supporters who oppose it to attend civil servants and law enforcement.
“We've done a lot lately that we're going to hit the Capitol. [critics] Make sure that one of the cave's specific laws speaks to violence, that we are a violent organization. Neither of them is true,” Stewart said. This will not be on January 6th. This would be the civil rights law of the 1960s. We literally don't throw feces at the wall. ”
Dylan Mulbany says “religion and faith are used by the rans community.”
The Kansas State Capitol is located in Central Topeka and is surrounded by more than 20 acres of park-like land. (Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Stewart said the idea of Topeka's “black mass” demonstration “derives from a group that wants to build a church that matches the way Kansan defines Satan.
“Part of that is behaviorism,” Stewart said. “We started chasing different groups and opposition, but inevitably they all ended up in one way or another at the Capitol.”
But Stewart said that the group that is using the first right to amend the right to protest at the Capitol is almost all Christian groups, “holding pictures of the cut babies inside our Capitol, holding prayer, and worshiping praise and worship sessions very boldly and consistently.”
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“I rarely saw anyone else doing anything, and it only happened to me and I was like, 'Man, these people are the only ones who are using their rights.' ”
Kelly's office declined to comment on the situation when it reached comments, pointing to Fox News Digital a March 12 statement about the event.
