{"id":1824102,"date":"2023-01-25T18:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T23:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824102"},"modified":"2023-01-25T18:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T23:21:16","slug":"they-turned-abortion-into-a-pagan-idol-new-york-courthouse-installs-statue-symbolizing-abortion-and-rbg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-turned-abortion-into-a-pagan-idol-new-york-courthouse-installs-statue-symbolizing-abortion-and-rbg\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Turned Abortion Into A Pagan Idol\u2019: New York Courthouse Installs Statue Symbolizing Abortion And RBG"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-turned-abortion-into-a-pagan-idol-new-york-courthouse-installs-statue-symbolizing-abortion-and-rbg%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1824102&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>In the state court building <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> A new art project was unveiled that is not doing well online.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture was entitled \u201cNOW,\u201d The statue was placed on top of the Appellate Division Courthouse, New York State, First Department on Madison Avenue as part of an artist exhibit by Shahzia Sikander. Although the statue is supposed to be representative of Ruth Bader Ginsburg&#8217;s legacy, New Yorkers and others on Twitter noted that the statue is both disturbing and ugly.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Beck, a corporate consultant, shared photos of the art installation via a Twitter thread. \u201cA new statue atop a New York City courthouse,\u201d He wrote. \u201cThe artist says it\u2019s part of an \u2018urgent and necessary cultural reckoning underway as New York reconsiders traditional representations of power in public spaces and recasts civic structures to better reflect 21st-century social mores.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New statue on top of a New York City Courthouse. The artist says it\u2019s part of an \u201curgent and necessary cultural reckoning underway as New York reconsiders traditional representations of power in public spaces and recasts civic structures to better reflect 21st-century social mores.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IFRj7hCsf\">pic.twitter.com\/4IFRj7hCsf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Beck (@AndrewBeckUSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewBeckUSA\/status\/1618248543537606656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court building&#8217;s roof is covered with statues of historical and legendary lawgivers. It is located in the corner of the court building. The statue stands out against the weathered stones statues to its right. It depicts a woman with hair braided into long spirals like ram\u2019s horns, and a web of tentacle-like protrusions at each arm, wearing a lace apron like the one Ginsburg wore over her robe, and standing on a pink lotus flower.<\/p>\n<p>Profile of the statue by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/25\/arts\/design\/discrimination-sculpture-madison-park-sikander-women.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> It is believed that the statue represents the first female figure to be placed on the court building. \u201cShe [the statue] is a fierce woman and a form of resistance in a space that has historically been dominated by patriarchal representation,\u201d Sikander said so to The New York Times. Sikander claimed that she entitled the piece \u201cNOW\u201d Because it is necessary in this year, when abortion rights have been challenged following the Supreme Court&#8217;s return of abortion law to the States in <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sikander also has another piece in the same area with similar designs. This statue, which is 18 feet tall, depicts the same figure but has a metal cage that symbolises a hoop skirt. \u201cWitness\u201d It is situated in Madison Square Park directly opposite the court building. Together, the two statues are called \u201cHavah\u2026to breathe, air, life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cStruggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.\u201d Coretta Scott King&#8217;s never-fading words. Inspired and humbled that Havah..to breathe, air, life\u2019 \u2018NOW\u2019 &#038; \u2018Witness\u2019 Are open on MLK Day Jan16, 2023\u270a\ud83c\udffd\u2764\ufe0f\u2696\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MadSqParkNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MadSqParkNYC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TSpDl5C4TH\">pic.twitter.com\/TSpDl5C4TH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shahzia Sikander (@shahziasikander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shahziasikander\/status\/1615129164465729536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter users quickly pointed out that the sculpture idolized Abortion and featured pagan or demonic motifs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey turned abortion into a pagan idol to worship and put it on a courthouse,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillyGribbin\/status\/1618289675122388992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618289675122388992%7Ctwgr%5E30efe78ae6474befa57361f37ae990cc0100fe42%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FBillyGribbin2Fstatus2F1618289675122388992widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billy Gribbin<\/a>Rich McCormick&#8217;s communications director, posted the following tweet:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York Courthouse has added this aesthetic atrocity to its sculptures of great lawmakers,\u201d Daily Wire Podcast host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andrewklavan\/status\/1618335013480828930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618335013480828930%7Ctwgr%5E77b5ab54309b7133ba8f47f37b91ec38f0e65aa4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fandrewklavan2Fstatus2F1618335013480828930widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Klavan<\/a> wrote. \u201cIt is meant to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg\u2019s pro-abortion stance by depicting a woman with demonic goat-horns who has clearly lost the power to reproduce. Or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next Republican mayor of New York should not only remove but publicly destroy this monstrosity,\u201d Daily Wire host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1618358045003874306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618358045003874306%7Ctwgr%5E3a37c265f9e10933f3eb042594bc830d02ba9df4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fmichaeljknowles2Fstatus2F1618358045003874306widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Knowles<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York has put an androgynous baphomet with tentacles digging into its own torso on top of the courthouse in order to \u2018better reflect 21st century social mores.\u2019\u201d Author <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoJesuitTricks\/status\/1618330987339059200?s=20&#038;t=K550eA55xVco3ZOA2HVw_w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brandon Meeks<\/a> said. \u201cSounds about right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]he ugliness is the point,\u201d American Firebrand&#8217;s digital director for New Founding and American Firebrand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loganclarkhall\/status\/1618290699845373953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618290699845373953%7Ctwgr%5Ec9a4b5813dfee00c9d3ccbaa2ab44f549fce81dc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Floganclarkhall2Fstatus2F1618290699845373953widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Logan Hall<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a visual desecration of the landscape,\u201d America First Legal Foundation founder <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1618290002139701248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1618290002139701248%7Ctwgr%5Ea05c992adddc6075e77e9266e6cb27f1b7edc6db%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FStephenM2Fstatus2F1618290002139701248widget%3DTweet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Miller<\/a> tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWOW the baphomet\/Aries symbolism is\u2026 a lot,\u201d One Twitter user made a comment. \u201cEspecially given the opposite or sister sign Libra represents the scales of balance or \u2018arms\u2019 of Justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A state court building in New York City unveiled a new art project that is not going over well online. 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