A satanic group has added its own statue to a series of displays in the government building of the US state of Illinois to mark the festive season.

Placed between a Christmas tree and a menorah, the four-foot sculpture depicts a snake coiled around an outstretched arm holding an apple.

It's the first display sponsored by the Chicago chapter of the Temple of Satan.

The state government said the temple had the same right as other religious groups to have a display.

"Under the Constitution, the First Amendment, people have a right to express their feelings, their thoughts," Dave Druker, spokesman for the Illinois secretary of state, told the State Journal-Register. "This recognises that."

The move has been criticised on social media by Illinois Family Action, an anti-abortion pressure group.

Past decorations in the statehouse rotunda, in the state capital Springfield, have included a "Festivus" pole - a reference to a fictional holiday which was the subject of an episode of the sitcom Seinfeld. (BBC)

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Na them Sabi

D land of d free where everyone's ryt is recognized.. America is not a religious country so dat one na their wahala... Afterall someone took d govt to court for adding "In God We Trust" to d Dollar

Human beings go dey behave like goat, tell me why dem no go die like chicken

its not just a holiday its a Christian holiday what has Satanists got to do with it. its like putting up Christmas decoration for salah makes no sense. but as na America everybody wan show themselves

Abeg who dey see the status well make him draw am give me oo

Beautiful statue.

Wey the satanic statue na

Why do this people not fear the wrath of the Almighty

God will not be mocked!!