UPDATE: AS OF FEB. 5, 2024, TST IS INDEED PURSUING THEIR STATE COURT CASE, BUT THEY HAVE DROPPED THE DEFAMATION CLAIM ENTIRELY, MAKING THEIR NEARLY FOUR-YEAR FEDERAL SLAPP CASE AGAINST US A COMPLETE LOSS

TST started two new lawsuits in 2023, but they lost eight existing cases and seem to have completely abandoned two others Yet again, the legal performance of The Satanic Temple was disappointing and incompetent at best, but just as likely the worse conclusion is true: it was a needless waste of much-needed resources by attention-seeking […]

TST isn’t engaging in “successful trolling” or undermining Dominionists; they are actively fueling a culture war that benefits both reactionaries and corporate Satanists Christmas is a booming season for The Satanic Temple. Submitting winter holiday displays to counter Christian nativity scenes is a tradition for the Temple that goes all the way back to the […]

Federal appellate court affirms that failed cyberpiracy accusations were bogus but grants TST another chance to make defamation claim against four former members Jeremy Roller, attorney for the Defendants, told Law360: My clients are delighted that the Ninth Circuit affirmed Judge Jones’ dismissal of TST’s unfounded Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act claim. While we are disappointed […]

TST’s failure in The Satanic Temple Inc. vs Rokita highlights how ill-equipped and deeply unserious the Temple’s owners are about confronting the Christian right, especially in a post-Dobbs world In late September 2022, TST filed two nearly identical federal lawsuits in Idaho and Indiana, once again in an ostensible attempt to establish a religious exemption […]

In early October, The Atlantic‘s staff writer Helen Lewis finally published a story about the fallout from Doug Misicko a.k.a. “Lucien Greaves” taking a chummy photo with his friend the “anti-woke” sex pest and disgraced atheist “firebrand” David Silverman, most notable now for his anti-trans views. Unfortunately, Lewis is basically your bog-standard TERF Island journalist, […]

“Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic” is a funny name — and a distraction from what’s actually going on with TST’s New Mexico Telehealth Clinic In the most recent episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, he made a mention of a particular publicity stunt by a certain satanic for-profit business-cum-church. In so […]

TST owner Cevin Soling’s anti-Palestinian nonprofit It’s been a while since we re-watched this video from nonprofit The Alliance for Integrity and Justice, but it really does exceed parody in terms of how completely it’s opposed to any sort of protest against or opposition to the state of Israel, including completely nonviolent strategies by people […]

A cursory look at some of the Church of Satan founder’s politics and views We often criticize The Satanic Temple, and for obvious reasons. They have been suing us for more than three years, and are at present the largest, most prominent, and most popular Satanic organization in the world. When a news org wants […]

Lawyers are expensive, but benefit shows are fun. “Hail Lucifer – The Light-Bringer” will be a rock show Saturday, Aug. 19, at Left Bank Books in Seattle to benefit the Queer Satanic Heretics. DETAILS BANDS Hurry Up Snufkin Dead Sonics Molotov Juicebox Other stuff We’re also working on having some local artists present, such as […]