State senators will ensure a nativity scene is erected near the state Capitol after learning the Detroit branch of a secularist group that includes Satanists has permission for a display on the Capitol's lawn before Christmas.
"This is an effort to mock the concept of religious freedom" and "an attempt to scorn Christianity," Hunter said.
Hunter's speech elicited a chorus of "amens" as Republicans in the GOP-dominated Senate went on record in support of the minority floor leader's comments.
The Satanic Temple display organizer Tuesday welcomed the nativity scene.
"In fact, our display works much better in dialogue with representations of other faiths," said Jex Blackmore, director of the Satanic Temple's Detroit chapter.
"We believe that a diversity of beliefs should be represented so long as religious iconography is permitted on state property."
The group will display a "Snaketivity Scene" each day from Dec. 21-23, featuring a snake, a book symbolizing knowledge and a message that "the greatest gift is knowledge," Blackmore said.
The group says it doesn't worship Satan and describes itself as a collective of Satanists, secularists and advocates for individual liberty.
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