# Iowa’s Capitol May Have a Very Krampus Christmas After the Satanic Temple’s Latest Legal Win

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/iowas-capitol-may-have-a-very-krampus-christmas-after-the-satanic-temples-latest-legal-win/
- Published: 2026-11-06T20:50:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T21:27:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Reason (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://reason.com/2026/11/06/iowas-capitol-may-have-a-very-krampus-christmas-after-the-satanic-temples-latest-legal-win/
- Topics: Culture, Politics, Travel

## Key points

- Iowa must approve the Temple’s Capitol holiday event.
- A judge found its free-speech challenge likely to succeed.
- The event includes crafts and a Krampus costume contest.

## Summary

A federal judge has ordered Iowa officials to approve The Satanic Temple’s application to hold a holiday event in the state Capitol on 12 December. The ruling says the group is likely to succeed in arguing that officials discriminated against its religious viewpoint, making the case a test of how public buildings accommodate competing expressions during holiday displays.

The department had rejected earlier applications over concerns that a Krampus costume contest could be harmful to children and that costume props might pose a danger. Judge Stephanie Rose said the decision targeted one perspective on the holiday and noted officials had not assessed whether the sticks were actually dangerous; the Capitol also has security measures. The planned event includes ornament-making, colouring and the contest, unless state officials successfully appeal. In March, the Temple also won a case in Arkansas that led to the removal of a Ten Commandments monument after officials declined to display its Baphomet statue.

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