Satanic Temple Permitted to Host Multiple Events at U.S. Elementary School

[Smaland]

The image above was posted along with the article linked to below.

The Satanic Temple has been permitted to host multiple after school “Satan Club” meetings at a midwestern elementary school in the new year, according to a flyer advertising the event.

Jane Addams Elementary in Illinois agreed to host multiple events sponsored by The Satanic Temple, specifically targeted at children. The event’s flyer includes a permission slip for parents to sign and states 'Hey kids, let’s have fun at after School Satan Club!'

Full story at yaf.org

[SilverKnight]

Disturbing, sickening.

[Smaland]

Above is a photo of Donovan Elementary School in Lebanon, Ohio, which was posted at the Dayton Daily News. The school will host monthly meetings of this "club" during the spring semester. According to Superintendent Isaac Seevers, "The district ... recently approved a facilities rental for the group after a Lebanon resident completed the required application and provided the necessary documentation."

WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) - A satanic club hosted within Lebanon City Schools has generated enough concern among parents that the district felt compelled on Thursday to respond.

A flyer circulating on social media invites students to 'The After-School Satan Club' promising 'science projects,' 'puzzles and games,' 'arts and crafts projects' and 'nature activities.'

The club is a chapter of The Satanic Temple, a multinational nonprofit that bills itself as a 'nontheistic religious and human rights group.'
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Full story at Fox19 of Cincinnati, OH

[Celestia]

Lol I read into this.

School board is stating they cannot disband the after school activity because satanism is a religious group and they promote “freedom of religion” yet the activity has nothing to do with “satanism” religiously, it’s only sponsored by the temple.

Loopholes are a bitch.

Anyways that would be my cue to move my family to another area.

[SilverKnight]

Yep. We can't act like a Democrat (one sided).

[PlattitüdenPaule]

Does it really surprise any of you?

[SilverKnight]

Does it really surprise any of you?

Nah

[catgeorge]

WTF is wrong with Liberal Yanks - preaching evil needs to be shut down and thrown in jail.

[Smaland]

"The Satanic Temple is planning to start a chapter of its After School Satan Club at an elementary school in Tennessee. Students will need a permission slip to participate. Screengrab of The Satanic Temple's Facebook post"

The After School Satan Club is coming to a Tennessee elementary school, with some parents saying they’re blindsided and threatening to take their kids out of school.

Administrators of the Memphis school district say they have no choice but to allow the club to form.

The Satanic Temple describes itself as a non-theistic religion whose mission is to 'encourage benevolence and empathy and reject tyrannical authority.'

The Massachusetts-based organization has chapters of its after school club in multiple other states, but its first club in the state of Tennessee is planned at Chimneyrock Elementary School in Cordova.
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The school district sent an email to families about the club at 10:45 a.m. Dec. 12, hours after the Satanic Temple shared that it was starting its chapter.

The announcement prompted swift backlash from community members.

Many comments were directed at Memphis-Shelby County school officials, who held a forum to explain the situation and field questions.

'Myself as a (Chimneyrock) parent am hurt,' one person wrote. She said she loves the school but 'unfortunately we will have to leave. My wish is the district stands up and does the right thing.'
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Full story at The Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, GA)