Earlier this year the Satanic Temple quietly dropped its lawsuit over a series of pro-abortion billboards the group wanted to place near pregnancy resource centers in Arkansas.
The Washington County Quorum Court County Services Committee is slated to consider a pro-life resolution on Monday evening at 6:00 PM.
The resolution recognizes “that all men are created equal” and that “Amendment 68 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas makes clear that we are to protect the life of every unborn child.”
The resolution also affirms that Washington County is a Pro-Life County committed to protecting all lives — including the lives of unborn children.
In light of all of this, Washington County is well within its rights to consider this pro-life resolution.
Affirming that cities and counties in Arkansas are Pro-Life is one more way we can continue to foster a culture that values the sanctity of human life.
The Satanic Temple briefly parked a statue of baphomet — a satanic figure — in front of the Arkansas State Capitol Building as part of a demonstration in August of 2018.
Last February the Satanic Temple quietly dropped its lawsuit against Lamar Advertising over a set of pro-abortion billboards that the company rejected in Arkansas.
All of the proposed billboard designs claimed that the Satanic Temple’s “religious abortion ritual averts many state restrictions” on abortion.
One billboard even claimed pregnancy complications are the sixth most common cause of death among women between the ages of 20 and 34, and concluded that “abortions save lives.”
Understandably, Lamar rejected the Satanic Temple’s billboard designs for being “misleading and offensive.”
Dismissing the case without prejudice leaves the door open for the Satanic Temple to refile the lawsuit later. However, so far it seems like the group hasn’t been interested in pursuing a lawsuit against Lamar Advertising any further.
The order to dismiss the lawsuit received very little attention last February. Lamar and the Satanic Temple apparently did not say anything publicly about the decision at the time, and most of us were more focused on the Arkansas Legislature.
But it looks like pro-abortion billboards won’t go up around pro-life pregnancy resource centers any time soon. That’s a good thing.