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2023 was a very bad year for The Satanic Temple in court

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 […]

December 22, 2023

Doug "Lucien Greaves" Misicko standing with open mouth saying "we suck lol" over the top part of a chart showing The Satanic Temple's legal failures as of December 2023

Abortion, Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

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Why did The Satanic Temple lose its Indiana abortion lawsuit?

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 […]

November 15, 2023

ourobouros with a TST logo in the middle but the head is labeled "malice" and the tail it's eating is labeled "incompetence"

Abortion, Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

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What John Oliver gets wrong about The Satanic Temple and abortion rights

“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 […]

November 7, 2023

Abortion, The Satanic Temple

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Why did TST lose its federal abortion case in Texas?

Because The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases. We’ve said it before, and we will no doubt have many occasions to say it again in the future. This article goes through the judge’s opinion in some depth to show why that judge is not a “doddering old fool”, as TST’s owner claimed in […]

July 13, 2023

Abortion, Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

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Footnotes: “The Satanic Housewife” videos and legal threat by The Satanic Temple

A former member of The Satanic Temple made TikTok videos critical of the Temple and myths of its abortion-access loophole. Then, TST threatened to sue her.

June 20, 2022

video still from Satanic Housewife retraction + legal threat

Abortion, Footnotes, Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

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The Satanic Temple cannot help you get an abortion, and it does not deserve your support

[Printable zine] When members of The Satanic Temple see criticism of them and their failed efforts in the name of abortion rights, they often say, “Well, at least they’re doing something.” Yes, what they’re doing is actively making things worse and making money off of it. “The Satanic Temple is not going to save you.” […]

May 6, 2022

Abortion, The Satanic Temple

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