Which other state capitols have hosted Satanic Temple or similar displays and what were the outcomes?

1. Iowa — permitted display, vandalism, criminal charges and policy pushback

The Iowa State Capitol allowed a Satanic Temple installation that included a Baphomet statue and altar under its holiday‑display rules, sparking widespread criticism from elected officials and the public before the statue was vandalized and described by the Temple as “destroyed beyond repair”; a Mississippi man was arrested and charged in connection with the damage and later faced felony and hate‑crime allegations tied to the incident ^{[1] [5] [7] [6]}.

2. Minnesota — permitted holiday display, political outcry, and explicit First Amendment defense

In Minnesota the Satanic Temple’s holiday display at the State Capitol drew formal objections from legislators and some conservative members of Congress but remained on site under the state’s permitting process; Governor Tim Walz’s office publicly said he disagreed with the exhibit but would not police speech in the Capitol because of First Amendment protections ^{[2] [8]}.

3. Arkansas and Oklahoma — Baphomet used as a legal counterweight to Ten Commandments monuments

The Temple’s commissioned Baphomet statue has been deployed tactically against public Ten Commandments monuments: Oklahoma was a target for a proposed Baphomet donation after litigation over the Ten Commandments monument, although the Temple withdrew a request after Oklahoma’s Ten Commandments monument litigation concluded; in Arkansas, Baphomet was displayed on a flatbed truck in front of the State Capitol after a formal request to place it on capitol grounds was refused, and the group gained standing to challenge the Ten Commandments monument ^[3].

4. Florida — provocative artwork in the State Capitol, vandalism and modification

A 2014 satanic‑themed installation in the Florida State Capitol — an artwork depicting an angel falling into flames — was vandalized and then altered in response, marking an earlier pattern of hostile reactions when such displays appear in capitol spaces ^[4].

5. New Hampshire and other reported incidents — repeated vandalism and permit disputes

The Temple and affiliated groups have faced repeated vandalism and denial of permits in other state contexts: a New Hampshire installation was reportedly vandalized and restored multiple times in December 2024, and chapters have been denied civic access in other municipalities (for example, a denied invocation request in Scottsdale), demonstrating a pattern of municipal pushback or security problems when satanic displays enter public political spaces ^[4].

6. Legal and administrative outcomes — equal‑access claims, rule changes and selective denials

Across these cases the recurring legal theme is equal‑access and viewpoint neutrality: the Temple has argued that once states open capitol spaces for holiday or religious displays they cannot exclude minority or disfavored viewpoints, while states have in turn sometimes revised or enforced rules (for example, Indiana/Iowa administrative denials citing obscenity or harms to minors) and limited multi‑day events or imposed one‑event‑per‑group policies — outcomes that mix courtroom threats, administrative denials and new permitting restrictions ^{[9] [10] [4]}.

7. What this pattern means — protest tactic, constitutional testbed and flashpoint for vandalism

Satanic Temple displays at capitols function as a deliberate test of First Amendment guarantees and equal‑access rules, repeatedly producing three predictable outcomes: robust public and political backlash, administrative pushback or rule changes, and a nontrivial risk of vandalism or criminal incidents that can shift the controversy from abstract legal debate to law‑enforcement action ^{[1] [9] [5]}.