The Kansas State Capitol Is No Place for Satanists

The state has tried to be polite. Now it’s time to be ‘rude.’

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The Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka in 2016

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Ruining Christmas cheer with Satanic holiday displays, perverting afterschool clubs in elementary schools, and ritualizing the already gruesome practice of abortion apparently isn’t enough for allies of the Prince of Darkness. A group of Satanists in Kansas have announced their plan to celebrate a public “Black Mass” inside the state capitol.

The Satanic Grotto, a Kansas-based nonprofit, describes itself as “an independent and non-denominational Satanic church that utilizes philosophies from many walks of the left-hand path.” The group adds piously: “We are feminist, LBGTQ allies, and Anti racist.” Scroll down its website and you will find “The Law of the Grotto” — a list of eight laws guiding the organization. Self-preservation is a top priority, with no mention of the common good. Law number three suggests the importance of “respect” toward others, but with a revealing caveat: they will “strive to be polite, until it’s time to be rude.” It is in law number seven that their true colors are most clear: “Retribution is the cost of breaking the law: We recognize that that [sic] in this world only might is right and violence is the ultimate source of all authority” (emphasis added).

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

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Andrea Picciotti-Bayer

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is director of the Conscience Project and recipient of the Religious Freedom Institute’s 2025 Religious Freedom Impact Award.

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