The Satanic Temple has announced its plans to install a monument beside a Christian memorial at Veterans Memorial park in Belle Plaine, Minnesota.

City leaders have granted the Temple permission to erect a memorial, which is dedicated to soldiers killed in action, next to a Christian monument that depicts a soldier kneeling before a cross and a Bible.

The Christian memorial was removed in January following threats of a lawsuit from atheists. City residents protested against the removal, prompting the city officials to designate an area in the park as a “free speech zone” to allow other religions and organizations to install their own temporary monuments.

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