No, it is not. Sometimes well-meaning people ask this question sincerely, but in practice, it usually feels like people raise and deploy the specter of dead-naming as a way to distract from all of the other criticisms of The Satanic Temple and its owners that are completely indefensible. As even these people acknowledge, neither of […]

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) The Satanic Panic is still alive in Idaho Sheriff’s office arrests man on child pornography charges, specifies he’s a TST member, then removes it TST takes credit for another unrelated case in Oklahoma Republican AG’s challenge of religious charter schools validated by state Supreme Court but […]

Satanism is opposed child abuse, but local cops in Idaho want people to think the exact opposite Earlier this week, an Idaho county sheriff’s office published a press release to Facebook about the conclusion of a criminal investigation and prosecution of a 22-year-old man. The man pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of […]

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) Jump to Secular Student Alliance supports ASS clubs The Satanic Temple’s After School Satan Club Partners with Secular Student Alliance om Little Rock, Arkansas https://thesatanictemple.com/blogs/news/the-satanic-temples-after-school-satan-club-partners-with-secular-student-alliance https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQYZw4WXIAAPlaf?format=jpg&name=large Louisiana 10 Commandments school bill signed into law Republican governor says he welcomes lawsuits over new school requirements; ACLU announces […]

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Todd Rokita TST answers state in Indiana abortion-ban appeal In the Seventh Circuit, The Satanic Temple’s business lawyer W. James MacNaughton continues to try to find compelling arguments that can reverse TST’s loss at federal district court. Back to top […]

(A Case Against) Identifying with Satanism in the Modern World Zine: [Pages in Order][Two-per-page, print front-and-back, flip-on-short-edge] First, let’s make sure there’s no misunderstanding. Most Satanists do not worship or even believe in a literal, supernatural devil. It is absolutely not the norm for Satanists to abuse or ritually harm children or animals; if anything, […]

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC More filings in Newsweek lawsuit CourtListener docket We don’t really see anything new in the new filings; it just seems incredible that TST’s argument is “Yes, Jinx Strange heard people talking about their experiences in TST […]

TST’s own court filings show it is not interested in any structural reform or protections for people in the org, only protecting the Temple’s owners The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since February 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 that focused on TST’s SLAPP action against the four of […]

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC TST’s own evidence reveals how poor its reaction to sexual abuse claims are The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 focusing on TST’s SLAPP […]