The lawsuit comes after the Iowa Office of Civil Rights issued a Tier 1 Investigative Report in November 2025 finding probable cause to believe DAS and the governor’s office discriminated against the group over its 2024 event. The finding called for further investigation and was not a final determination that discrimination occurred.

The lawsuit also asks a judge to let the group hold a holiday event at the Capitol this December while the case moves forward. The ACLU is seeking a preliminary injunction ordering the state to approve the group’s application for its Dec. 12 event in the Capitol Rotunda. The lawsuit also seeks compensatory damages and an order requiring the state to handle future applications without discrimination.

KCCI reached out to the governor’s office and the Iowa Department of Administrative Services for comment on Thursday’s lawsuit but did not hear back.

TST doing the Lord’s work. I hope they win. Nice of the ACLU to be helping out.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of The Satanic Temple after the group was denied permission to host an event at the Capitol rotunda.

I saw a clip of some Christian folk being asked their opinion on a nearby church place of Satanic worship and the general vibe is what you’d expect: they had no idea what Satanism is, generalised and bullshitted that it’s just a performative show by the members to be visible, like a long-term publicity stunt. They try yapping shit about it but haven’t bothered to learn one iota and realise that they have no argument.

Nothing shows disrespect for the country they live in like christians getting uppity with non christians.