Satanic Temple’s ‘Satanic Abortion Ritual’ May Challenge States’ Anti-Abortion Laws
Last week, The Satanic Temple (TST) introduced “the Satanic Abortion Ritual”—a ritual designed to provide…
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Satan May Provide a Comforting Story in Times of Crisis, But it Comes With a Price
“Satan is trying to keep us apart, he is trying to keep us from worshipping…
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Satanists Want You to Respond to the Pandemic with Compassion. And Reason.
The Coronavirus is changing America’s religious landscape as social distancing forces most religious communities to…
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Is the Satanic Temple Just an Elaborate Prank? 10 Questions for the Author of ‘Speak of the Devil’
What inspired you to write Speak of the Devil? I started writing on The Satanic…
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Satanic Temple Attorney Discusses Cancelled Scottsdale Prayer Invite
This week, on the 22nd and 23rd of January, The Satanic Temple (TST) and the…
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Will the US Naval Academy Grant The Satanic Temple Equal Rites?
After a group of midshipmen at the Naval Academy sent an email about the upcoming Satanic Services that would be offered, the Academy quickly shut it down claiming that the email wasn’t properly approved.
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Satanic Temple Considers Legal Action Against School Censorship
The task of determining which web content students can access is outsourced to an Austin, Texas-based company called Lightspeed Systems, which had manually tagged The Satanic Temple’s website as “mature.”
Read MoreSatanic Temple’s IRS Recognition Rekindles Fierce Debate Over What Is ‘Really Real’ Church
While TST is not the first Satanic organization to obtain this status, it is the first group that clearly intends to deploy this status in legal challenges. TST’s demands for equal treatment under the law are going to be much harder to dismiss from here on out.
Read MoreWhat the Hail: Satanists Got Busy in 2018
From defending reproductive rights to run-ins with several TV shows, the Satanist community had a busy 2018. The only question going forward: Will internal tension sink the movement?
Read MoreShould Satanic Temple Have Threatened Netflix Over Baphomet Statue in ‘Sabrina’ Series?
“Would they be as understanding of a fictional show that used a real mosque as the HQ of a terrorist cell? A fictional Blood Libel tale implicating real world Jews?”
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