( CNN ) -- Though he told authorities that the devil made him do it , Satanists disapproved , after a man allegedly shattered a stone copy of the Ten Commandments last week . The man is accused of running his car on Friday into a controversial 6-foot-tall granite tablet of the Biblical edicts erected near Oklahoma City 's Capitol , CNN affiliate KFOR reported . He then left his car standing , along with the monument , which -- as photos showed -- was smashed asunder through the second commandment : `` Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain . '' He walked into the Federal Building on foot , where he made threats against President Obama and the federal government , KFOR reported , citing U.S. Secret Service agents . The man told the agents that the devil made him wreck the religious monument , which was placed at the capital in late 2012 . He also said that he was mentally ill and had stopped taking his medication . He has been detained at a mental health facility for evaluation . Condemnation came quickly from two sources that have railed against the monument -- the ACLU of Oklahoma and the Satanic Temple . The ACLU filed suit last year against the presence of the monument on state property , and on Friday , said that it would keep fighting for its removal , because it feels it it violates the Constitution . But organization was also `` outraged at this apparent act of vandalism . '' `` The Ten Commandments constitute a strong foundation in our clients ' deeply held religious beliefs , '' the Oklahoma ACLU said in a statement . The Satanic Temple has demanded to have a monument of its own erected next to the Judeo-Christian one . And it still wants it , but `` only alongside the 10 Commandments , '' it said in a statement posted by KFOR . `` If our monument stands at the state Capitol , we want it to compliment and contrast the Ten Commandments , with both standing unmolested as a testament to American religious freedom and tolerance . '' The Satanists could well have that wish fulfilled , but only in part . Oklahoma Gov . Mary Fallin has vowed to have the Ten Commandments monument rebuilt . .
A man allegedly drove his car into a Ten Commandments monument . The 6-foot granite sculpture of the religious edicts has received criticism from a civil rights group . The group still wants the monument gone -- but legally ; it condemns the apparent vandalism . The Peoples Temple also condemned the monument 's destruction as violation of free speech .