A former congressional candidate charged with vandalizing Satanic Temple display at Iowa Capitol

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2023/12/15/michael-cassidy-charged-for-vandalizing-satanic-temple-display-at-iowa-capitol-mississippi-candidate/71930181007/

People use all kinds of shapes and things, a star, a rock, a pod or a-tree. 

 https://apnews.com/article/satanic-temple-display-vandalized-iowa-capitol-199fb41983a3f3a390b7be370214bb64

It might be an egg or a polyp or a pipe, or whatever else ones mind can conjure up. 

https://www.kcci.com/article/satanic-temple-display-inside-iowa-capitol-building-damaged-beyond-repair/46133104 The perp found this artwork or symbolism to be very offensive and strongly objected to its location. Thus, he felt compelled to damage it and now faces a series of charges.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/local/2023/12/11/gop-lawmakers-disagree-on-response-to-satanic-display-at-iowa-capitol/71832743007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=RightRailArticleThumbnails-Redesign

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2023/12/15/satanic-temple-iowa-christmas-decorations-free-speech/71922305007/ 

Pagan symbolism is intertwined.

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/12/11/pagan-christmas-trees-indigenous-eucharist-tradition-239475

https://www.zmescience.com/science/history-articles/origin-christmas-tree-pagan/

https://voiceandvisioninc.org/blog/entry/a-brief-history-of-christmas/