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Satanic Temple’s lawsuit against Chicago implodes after minister splits org

Continuing fallout from recent tantrum by TST owner “Lucien Greaves” wrecks another legal case, this time over invocations at Chicago City Council A day before a status hearing was set to go before a federal judge for a religious discrimination lawsuit by The Satanic Temple, the attorney representing the infernal religious organization notified the judge […]

July 30, 2024

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Is it dead-naming to refer to “Lucien Greaves” as “Doug Misicko”?

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 […]

July 23, 2024

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The New Heretics Stream (6/28/24)

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 [Back to top] TST takes credit for another unrelated case in Oklahoma Republican AG’s challenge of religious charter schools validated by state […]

June 28, 2024

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The Satanic Panic is still alive in Idaho

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 […]

June 26, 2024

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The New Heretics Stream (6/21/24)

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 [Back to top] Louisiana 10 Commandments school bill signed into law Republican governor says he welcomes lawsuits over new school […]

June 21, 2024

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Finding a better Lord of the Rings analogy for US politics

This sort of comparison goes back at least as far as 2016 (“Imagine if Frodo was all ‘Sauron’s bad, but Gandalf’s done some morally gray stuff, too, so I’ll stay home.’ Don’t get eaten by orcs. Vote.”), and to liberals who like to situate themselves as being the ultimate good and voting as the ultimate […]

June 20, 2024

But they're BOTH so OLD! Gandalf can barely remember his passwords and even forgot that people called him Gandalf (yikes), while Saruman betrayed the Free Peoples of middle-earth and led an insurrection that stormed Helm's Deep. You can see how they're equally bad choices. — JRR Jokien (@joshcarlosjosh) February 15, 2024

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The New Heretics Stream (6/14/24)

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 […]

June 14, 2024

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Why You Should (Not) Become a Satanist

(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, […]

June 11, 2024

Hail Lucifer The Light Bringer: Archbudzar illustration of blue Baphomet figure with top surgery scars and wings wears a punk battle vest with trans pride flag, trans symbol, and satanic antifascism patches. Floating above one hand is “Queer Ultraviolence” the Bash Back! anthology book while floating above the other hand is a lit Molotov cocktail with a leviathan cross / sulfur symbol on it. Fire also comes from the top of Baphomet’s head like the traditional famous “Sabbatic Goat” illustration

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The New Heretics Stream (6/7/24)

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 […]

June 7, 2024

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