Reading Time: 6 minutes Since its adoption as the national motto in 1956, the inclusion of the phrase “In God We Trust” on the American national currency has faced legal challenges, leading to unlikely judicial claims about the phrase’s secular intent and meaning. In response to a lawsuit against the government in 1970, the Ninth Circuit ruled that “It […]
Lucien Greaves
Lucien Greaves is the most prominent contemporary Satanist in the world and front person for the band Satanic Planet. As spokesperson for The Satanic Temple, Greaves has gained international attention as an advocate for religious liberty and the voice of the Satanic Reformation. He has delivered lectures at universities nationwide and at conferences for American Atheists, American Humanist Association, Secular Student Alliance, and many others. Greaves has been featured in national media outlets including MSNBC, NPR, CNN, Newsweek, Fox News, Vice, Salon, Rolling Stone, and many more. Greaves famously made two appearances on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program where the ensuing debates were overwhelmingly adjudged in Greaves’s favor.
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PA Senator argues against After School Satan Clubs
Reading Time: 5 minutes This past April 19th, the Northern Elementary School Board in York, Pennsylvania held a vote which threatened constitutionally guaranteed rights of free expression and religious liberty of the Satanist community. The school board voted to deny students the opportunity to join the After School Satan Club. The board did not frame their vote in Constitutional […]
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How a Pennsylvania school board turned a proposal for an ‘After School Satan Club’ into a witch hunt
Reading Time: 5 minutes The school board meeting that took place in York County, Pennsylvania this past Tuesday, April 19th, had the feel of a puritan village witch trial. National media coverage reported on the school board’s ultimate 8 to 1 vote against allowing the formation of one of The Satanic Temple’s “After School Satan Clubs” in their district, […]
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Stop the Christian nationalist coup: Make politicians pay for their Crusades
Reading Time: 4 minutes When state Senator Stanley “Jason” Rapert of Arkansas sponsored a Senate bill that called for the placement of a Ten Commandments monument on the Capitol grounds in Little Rock, he made it clear that no taxpayer funds would go toward the construction of the monument, for which he had established a crowd-funding campaign to meet […]