‘Vote Satan’: Satanists Want Police to Designate Theft of Anti-God Political Poster a ‘Hate Crime’
- Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:04pm by
Billy Hallowell
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A Satanist family from Mountain View, Colorado, is claiming that a recent theft of a sign from their front porch qualifies as a hate crime. Luigi and Angie Bellaviste, who say they belong to the Church of Satan, are upset after a political poster that reads “VOTE SATAN” was removed from their yard.
The sign before it was taken down. (Image Credit: CBS Denver/Luigi Bellaviste)
The couple, who are apparently ardent Satanists (they even admit to having a Satanic Bible in their home), know that the sign wasn’t popular in their neighborhood. The sign, though, isn’t the only unpopular item present in and around the home. The couple’s front-yard is filled with bizarre items — a Christmas tree painted black, a giant spider, the number 666 and skulls.
“Everybody that sees that sign says, ‘What is going on with those people?,’” says Mary Morasco, one of their neighbors.
The sign after it was removed. (Image Credit: Luigi Bellaviste)
Both Luigi and Angie believe that the removal of the sign was an attack on their religious beliefs and, thus, a hate crime. And they’re asking local authorities to investigate the incident, just as they would any other religiously-based act, as a bias crime.
“I feel like we’re being treated unfairly because it’s not a so-called mainstream religion,” said Luigi. “Had that been the Star of David or a verse from the Koran, or something like that got damaged by somebody against those beliefs that would certainly be considered a hate crime.”
Watch the CBS report, below, for more:
Ironically, the neighbors — most of whom dislike the Satanist symbols in the family’s yard — defend their right to have them and condemn the vandalism. In speaking with CBS Denver, numerous individuals said that, despite their disagreement with Satanism, it‘s the family’s right to have their own religion and to display symbols outside of the home.
At this point, the Mountain View Police Department will likely file the report as theft, seeing as there was not an obvious attack on the couple’s house or worship or beliefs. At this point, a lack of evidence would make a hate crime too premature and unfounded, it seems.
(H/T: CBS Denver)
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Comments (86)
Steveaustin1971
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:16pmNot a single poster here knows what Satanism as a religion espouses. It is in fact the worship of “self” instead of worship of any god. Satan was never a god… don’t you read your book?
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:08amThe Book of JOB… seems a perfect description: manifest Evil of Humans in an Attacking Force, seeking Pillage & Plunder, killing… going To & Fro upon the Earth… where Islam would be a Great Example!
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 8:59amAllah was the moon god that was worshiped in ancient Iran and Iraq , Allah is not the same God of the Christian Bible
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:11pmAdd your comments
Report Post »Crazymind
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 7:58pmLiberals LOVE HATE crimes because this crime is in the eye of the beholder.
Soon it will be a crime to think conservative.
Report Post »TX .338 L Mag
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:07pmThought Crime is now becoming reality.
Report Post »AndYetItMoves
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 10:18amAren’t you people supposed to be christians? Your religion made thought crime a reality.
Report Post »FANGS
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 7:55pmWell, Get used to it. Any Christian Symbols are assulted as well. We are a Christian Nation and I’d give anything to just bash Your headfs in.
Report Post »Steveaustin1971
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:12pmlol! I would expect a sudden door breach late at night if anything at all happens to them after posting this sort of nonsense.
Report Post »bunnylefluf
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:46pmits pretty funny how ppl are getting all worked up over this story… remember ppl love thy neighbor :)
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:29pmBunny – Yeah, we should be happy that your side supports hate crime legislation.
Report Post »flatbroke
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:44pmWhy OH why? would anyone want to be satanists?, the bible says satan loses i the end, but to each his/her own, they have the freedom to be whatever they want to be in this country, taking the sign is wrong. but if they are really satanists why would they be even upset about this? wouldnt they just be happy b/c someone stole the sign? i am confused!
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:28pmNo surprise that Satanists support hate crime laws since they want to thought police society.
Report Post »bunnylefluf
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 9:52pmhow do you figure that???!! you dont even know!
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 11:27pmBunny – You might want to do this thing called reading the article. The Satanists are whining about how they want the vandalization of their sign to be a hate crime.
Report Post »Die_Hard_Blazer
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:08pmActually most of our “Owners” are Luciferian. When you hear them say “God”, they mean THEIR God.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:56pmHow silly can people be? If you spell satan as o b a m a, it will not be stolen.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:04pmFurthermore, these people appear to be patriotic satanists, if there is such. The flag could be a symbol against thefts to give people the impression they are patriots….don’t steal from me.
Report Post »bigdaddyt46
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 7:24amthat was my thought too, the forgot to put obama 2012 on it.
Report Post »SNAFOO
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:24pmAs a Christian, all I can say is pray for those people and those that offended them.
Report Post »I will tell you this though, if your not on our team, your on the other, I read The Book and our side wins.
AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:58pm“Ironically, the neighbors — most of whom dislike the Satanist symbols in the family’s yard — defend their right to have them and condemn the vandalism”
Billy, how is this ironic? People very often disagree with a lot of other people’s beliefs, be they political or otherwise, but that’s just the nature of free speech. Anyone who‘s an advocate of the first amendment will defend people’s rights to say whatever they want, regardless of if they agree with the message. Where’s the irony?
Report Post »AnimalsAsLeaders
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:47pmIf anything, it’s technically an attack on christianity. One must be christian to believe in satan therefore these people are christians (they just happen to worship the evil god instead of the good god).
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:40pmSatan is not a bad god. He is a fallen angel whose pride in his own beauty got his butt kicked out of heaven. His name is Lucifer, but he’s called by all manner of other names, incl Allah.
Report Post »Die_Hard_Blazer
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:05pmJesus refers to “God” as “Allah” in the bible…. do some readind bud.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:24pm@ Elena2010: Satan is not a god…he is an angel created by God, nothing more. He rebelled against God. Satan is not God’s opposite; Archangel Michael is satan’s opposite. God has no opposite and no one is above God.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:27pmDie_Hard_Blazer: I do read and study my Bible. Please give me a reference in the Bible that Jesus refers to God as allah.
Report Post »antitheist
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 7:06pm@Kalli The bible written in Arabic refers to god as “Allah”.
Report Post »kalli
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 7:26pm@Antitheist: well, that makes sense. I knew it was not in the English translation, and Die-Hard-Blaze should have been more distinct in his reference.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:46am@ELEN…
Report Post »Check again… Lucifer first appears in the Latin Bible… as an interpretation of Venus, the Morning Star… and the Morning Star of Revelations is given by Christ… implying certain followers of Christ are the Different (that you call Lucifer, but unrelated to Satan)!
carbonated
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:17pmWhat’s the big deal? There are still plenty of Vote Obama signs out there. Its not like folks are gonna steal ‘em all.
Report Post »Tom K
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:14pmI guess this couple will vote for Satan’s favorite, Obama, again in 2012. Only those under Satan’s influence would wish to destroy America. America – God’s Gift of Freedom to the World !
Report Post »jeffile
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:12pmWOW!!!! These people ought to watch out for what they wish for. This is a two sway street and would come back to them big time.
Report Post »Caballosinnombre
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:02pmSatan encourages thievery. You followers should be applauding them. But he also encourages hypocrisy so there is that.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:38pmElect Satan? His son is already POTUS.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:05pmYour words are more true than you “might” be aware of…
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:10pmHI-OOOHHHH
nice
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:12pmValorie Jarrett of Iran is the Succubus… and Obama is her Front Man!
Report Post »libertyandresponsibility
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:21pmI agree with them. If it had been a muslim or gay family, this would be labled an outrage.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:28pmPolitical signs are stolen all of the time. They are crimes, but not hate crimes. Fact is, there is no such thing as a hate crime.
Report Post »jaelge
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:58pmYour an idiot. Satanists teach hate so why should they be allowed protection from it. Too bad some one didn’t break in and beat the **** out of them just for being stupid. I have more respect for Athirsts than I do Satanists. Athiests at least attempt to fall back on reason ( or claim to ). Satanists are just retarded children that seek to escape their responsibility as fellow humans and the consequences of their actions.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 12:44amWho said that any of us agree with hate crime or hate speech laws?
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:21pmWait a second, shouldn‘t they be celebrating that someone was following their master’s teaching by stealing?
The Bible teaches that the angels in heaven rejoice of one sinner that come to repentance. If that’s the case (and it is) shouldn’t they be rejoicing that someone is sinning by stealing?
curious……
Report Post »Kathleen
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:29pmThat’s exactly right. Satan is the complete opposite of God.
Thou Shalt Steal
Thou Shalt Commit Adultery
Thou Shalt Kill
Once you die you will go to Hell and Satan will not give a crap about you because you are an idiot.
Report Post »The End.
Angel_light
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:32pmso in a way their complaining is hypocritical
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:37pmSQUID…….perfect reasoning.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:20pmSpeaking of Satan, and how he rules the world we live in:
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in
1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in
1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil
rights.
Both wives lost a child while living in the White
House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named
Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was
born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was
born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln,
was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy,
was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named “Ford.”
Kennedy was shot in a car called “Lincoln” made
by “Ford.”
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before
their trials.
And here’s the “kicker”:
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in
Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with
Marilyn Monroe.
Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin
Report Post »ran to a warehouse…
Kennedy was shot from a warehous
Angel_light
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:37pmthat was interesting
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:38pmUNIX……….I used to own a book that detailed this but I had forgotten about it. Amazing isn’t it?
Report Post »Unix
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:02pminteresting indeed…the last line should read:
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the
Report Post »assassin ran to a theater
Chet Hempstead
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:29pmLincoln had a brother named John and sons named Edward and Robert. Kennedy had brothers named Edward and Robert and a son named John. (Though there were other siblings and children in both families who don’t fit the pattern.)
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:28amAlso . . .
Report Post »Lincoln opposed evil vampires
Kennedy opposed the evil empire
Inlightofthings
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:20pmI‘ve said it before I’ll say it again. It’s time to treat the attacks on Christianity, separation of Church and State, removal of Christian symbols as a hate crime. These jokers beat us to the punch…
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:14pmActually I believe the church of Satan is growing by leaps and bounds in America. Just look at the moral decay, the influence of Islam and the liberal love of socialism.
The sign says * Vote Satan*. Apparently a Obama supporter.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:26pmMisidentify the etiology and you will never find the cure. Who influences our culture more than Hollywood? No one. Who is Hollywood? Ask them, they will tell you and give to you the proof. You’ve been conditioned to ignore the truth, even when it stares you right in the face.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein19-2008dec19,0,4676183.column
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:35pmJERK……….your *cure* would probably be to exterminate the Jews.
Report Post »The_Jerk
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 4:52pmNo, my cure is to bring the truth into the public arena and have the debate. As it is, Jews operate in the shadows. They have an aversion to profiling, except when that profiling is complimentary. The Mafia was/is Italian, and no one cried about identifying them as such… except those that were actively pursuing their goals… active members… activists.
Hollywood has a major influence on culture. Hollywood is Jewish. Not because I say so, but because they say so. And, they gave the proof. Politics has the same asymmetry… as does publishing. All are cultural changers.
Report Post »This is not an isolated history. When identified for their work, activism, they cry victim, when in fact, our culture has been victimized by their activism.
Elena2010
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:44pmJerk — most of those Jews are apostates, like Soros. They are not really Jews.
Jews love the LORD God w/all their being and their neighbor as themselves. And I bet you tht Jesus, a Jew, said that first — nope, it’s Torah.
Report Post »The-Real-Enrico
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 8:08pm@The_Jerk What you point out is not the religious Jew or the Jewish religion that has control media and are corrupting us. Those people are atheist bible hating marxist Jews like John Stewart or George Soros.
Its is the marxist and marxism along with anti-religion god hating atheist that are destroying us.
Report Post »You can not cobble a whole race of people and say they are the problem. You sir are just a racist.
IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:14pmBack at you. I want to designate that anyone that has anything to do or acts in Satans behalf is doing so beyond God’s laws which are much stronger then mans. Anyone dealing in satanism are real cry babies if they can‘t have their way where we are fearful of doing wrong in God’s eyes. Good luck on judgment day.
Report Post »oldwmn
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:13pmtwo FREAKS that demand attention its all about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEE
Report Post »we flew our flag on memorial day with God Bless America sign in window the LA RAZA FREAKS in AZ tagged our home with pink paint we just went out and covered it up and went on with our lifes…we did not jump up and down shrieking its a hate crime like i said TWO FREAKS who need 15 min of fame..eyeroll they are so 70′s and its a CHEAP PAPER SIGN too.. PRINT ANOTHER and shut up
rickc34
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:19pmNow this is funny..satan is called a thief and a liar by the Lord!!! So another satanist took their poster they need to check with their own people first.
Report Post »SerikFox
Posted on July 3, 2012 at 2:52amThat‘s why I’ve got big dogs. If I didn’t get the people with the paint, the dogs would :).
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:10pmAnton LaVey must be proud of this couple.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:23pmYep, he’s smiling up at them from Hades.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:34pmI picture ‘Monsieur LaVey’ in eternal torment like the rest of the dupes, and I smile.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 6:43pmMr. LaVey invented the satanic bible by stealing exact verses from the Golden Dawn manual and inserting the name of satan in the place of the name of God.
Report Post »Not very original but most effective on simple minds.
randy
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:08pmGuess they do not belong to an HOA :)
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:08pmI thought we did that in ‘08.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 3:18pmBest! :-D))))
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 2, 2012 at 5:47pmNo, folks voted for Spawn of Satan.
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