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THIS is going too far. What is going on down there in Arizona? Why are the citizens of Arizona allowing this godmocker to erect his gay demon right out in the open, with it enormous metal tallywhacker sticking out, where innocent children could be forced to embrace the demonic gay lifestyle? 
Not if I have anything to say about it. Prayer Warriors!! Assume the position! 
Anatomically correct gargoyle statue causes controversy
PAULDEN, AZ - An artist in northern Arizona found himself in a fight with the county where he lives.
The metal statue in his yard depicts a nine-foot gargoyle-- and is that the gargoyle wears no pants.
"I thought I was living in a free country."
Paulden, Arizona is a small and quiet community but lately there's been some chatter over the new guy in town: this nine-foot tall metal gargoyle with a wingspan of thirteen feet.
"It kind of symbolizes fire, because I work metal and fire has its own spirit."
Artist David Smith just moved into the neighborhood.
He says the day after he put up his prized possession, the county told him to take it down.
"They don't like it? Don't look."
It's not the size of the whole statue that has the county up in arms; it's the size of something else, and let's just say it is in proportion to a man nine-feet tall.
"It just seemed like it needed to be there. I don't like Ken dolls."
That's right - the sculpture is a full-frontal display of a nude male gargoyle.
"It wasn't put on there to offend anybody. That isn't the reason. Everything has a sex."
He says the statue was at his Phoenix home for six years and nobody complained.
"Most people liked it," he said.
But some in the community say this is a huge deal, and the county agrees -- saying this is no laughing matter.
"The frontal nudity of the statue was offensive, and they were concerned their children walking by it."
They've told Smith that the statue needs to be taken down or removed from public view, or he'll face a fine of a $1,000, but Smith says the statue is an extension of himself and they're not going away so easily.
"If this is incompatible, I'm incompatible. I honestly thought I had freedom of speech, and I will fight this. I won't let them take it away from me, something worked too hard on," Yavapai County official Steven Mauk said.
Because of Smith's appeal, the county will reconsider its original ruling. That means the statue stays at least until the hearing in July.
PAULDEN, AZ - An artist in northern Arizona found himself in a fight with the county where he lives.
The metal statue in his yard depicts a nine-foot gargoyle-- and is that the gargoyle wears no pants.
"I thought I was living in a free country."
Paulden, Arizona is a small and quiet community but lately there's been some chatter over the new guy in town: this nine-foot tall metal gargoyle with a wingspan of thirteen feet.
"It kind of symbolizes fire, because I work metal and fire has its own spirit."
Artist David Smith just moved into the neighborhood.
He says the day after he put up his prized possession, the county told him to take it down.
"They don't like it? Don't look."
It's not the size of the whole statue that has the county up in arms; it's the size of something else, and let's just say it is in proportion to a man nine-feet tall.
"It just seemed like it needed to be there. I don't like Ken dolls."
That's right - the sculpture is a full-frontal display of a nude male gargoyle.
"It wasn't put on there to offend anybody. That isn't the reason. Everything has a sex."
He says the statue was at his Phoenix home for six years and nobody complained.
"Most people liked it," he said.
But some in the community say this is a huge deal, and the county agrees -- saying this is no laughing matter.
"The frontal nudity of the statue was offensive, and they were concerned their children walking by it."
They've told Smith that the statue needs to be taken down or removed from public view, or he'll face a fine of a $1,000, but Smith says the statue is an extension of himself and they're not going away so easily.
"If this is incompatible, I'm incompatible. I honestly thought I had freedom of speech, and I will fight this. I won't let them take it away from me, something worked too hard on," Yavapai County official Steven Mauk said.
Because of Smith's appeal, the county will reconsider its original ruling. That means the statue stays at least until the hearing in July.
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