Editor, Times-Union:
This year Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch invited the Satanic Temple into the state house to perform and pray over her indicating she would be "filled with favor.”
As election time for Indiana state governor will be coming up, I think we all should consider is this the kind of person we want as a governor?
We may have political differences, but her actions are way out of bounds! We have better candidates than Suzanne Crouch to choose from.
Mike Wood
Warsaw, via email

Editor’s Note: Musician Sean Feucht’s multi-year “Let us Worship” tour, which began as a protest of pandemic-era restrictions on in-person religious services, touched down in Indiana’s capitol building in May. Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch played a key role, according to Indiana Capital Chronicle.
Satanic Planet frontman Lucien Greaves accused the preacher-influencer of pursuing a fusion of religion and governance. He argued that public spaces that accommodated Feucht should also welcome his band and its “Let us Burn” counter-tour.
During Feucht’s Statehouse event, he blessed Crouch, a Republican gubernatorial candidate. Crouch spokesman Ron Green said the lieutenant governor “accommodated the request of event organizers to move the event indoors because of anticipated inclement weather.”
The Satanic Temple Congregation Head Riley Phoebus began asking the state in mid-May how to book time in the capitol building, according to Indiana Capital Chronicle. The organization submitted a request for an Aug. 12 performance. The agency in charge, the Indiana Department of Administration, denied the request, according to the emails. Greaves said his team asked the agency on June 12 to categorize the event as it saw fit, saying that the band wanted to perform “on whatever terms Feucht was allowed to play.” A lawyer for the group sent a letter demanding that the state approve the usage request. “The lack of response is unacceptable to my clients,” Matt Kezhaya of Minnesota-based Crown Law wrote. He requested a reply by July 21. Otherwise, he wrote, a lawsuit would be next.
A band with ties to The Satanic Temple (TST) - fronted by Greaves - performed Sept. 28 at Indiana’s Statehouse, averting a legal challenge.