The TST’s latest victory is the first After-School Satan Club in Pennsylvania, which is set to hold its inaugural meeting today.Īll it took was a police investigation and the threat of a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to make it happen. The organization says it strives to “provide a safe and inclusive alternative” to Christian-based groups that may seek to “convert school children to their belief system.” Unlike the Church of Satan, a religious institution founded in the 1960s that literally worships the Biblical devil, TST is a non-theistic organization which uses hyperbole and humor to protest the Religious Right and authoritarianism. Our right-leaning Supreme Court has chipped away at this notion allowing all kinds of government support – however logic and consistency still mean something.ĭistricts apparently CAN ignore the Church/State conundrum – BUT – if a district is going to violate this tenant for one organization, it has to be willing to do so for all.Īnd that is why TST is making this point.
The first clause in the Bill of Rights states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” This has been interpreted to mean that the government shall neither support nor prohibit religious expression. They could simply cite the Separation of Church and State and be done with it. Keep in mind none of these districts need open their grounds to religious organizations.
So The Satanic Temple (TST) – an organization that’s not really Satanic or a temple – goes around proposing After-School Satan Clubs at the same districts – and all Hell breaks loose. Thousands of districts in the US allow religious organizations and clubs to operate on public school property, especially after classes are over.
That seems to be the lesson public school districts across the country are being forced to learn from an unlikely source – Satan. Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it.
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