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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

Director Information Title Name Address Director Malcolm Jarry 64 Bridge Street, Salem, MA 01970 Director Lucien Greaves 64 Bridge Street, Salem, MA 01970 Director Douglas Misicko 519 Somerville Avenue, #288, Somerville, MA 02143

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What the hell is “The Satanic Temple”? — Ep. 6: “Alliance for Integrity and Justice”

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 […]

November 2, 2023

Three red lines crossing out the top header for "Alliance for Integrity and Justice", that text over a skyline view of Jerusalem with the Wailing Wall closest

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What The Hell Is The Satanic Temple?

The Satanic Temple is a threat to all Satanists

The Temple admits its members have more to fear from TST than they realize Longtime followers of The Satanic Temple’s legal history will know the Temple is, by design, a far greater threat to its own members than it has ever been interested in, or capable of, posing to the Christian Right. It’s still wild […]

August 28, 2023

From The Satanic Temple’s website’s FAQ section: “I saw something disparaging about TST online” TST's activities typically receive widespread support and glowing reviews. Unfortunately, our efforts sometimes attract negative attention from evangelists, violent abusers, and those seeking to profit from criticism of us. Some of these people join TST so that they can claim to be former members. Negative comments are often outright lies and defamatory. In instances where there is libel, we often take legal action. If you come across sensational accusations, the smallest amount of research is enough to debunk false claims.

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Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

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

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In Brief: Queer Satanic answers Satanic Temple’s appeal of failed SLAPP suit

Officially: Apellees’ Answering Brief in United Federation of Churches LLC v. David Johnson et al (23-35060) Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [Brief][Supplemental Excerpts of Record] Full text below as embed and HTML TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION This case arises from a dispute between a religious organization and its former members regarding the religious […]

June 26, 2023

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Wait, why is The Satanic Temple (still) suing you?

Because The Satanic Temple is an abusive religious organization owned by two thin-skinned men who use their organization’s collective wealth and resources to intimidate and punish critics. Jump to Okay. But why are they suing you specifically? Because one of the four co-defendants —David Johnson — criticized the two men — Doug Misicko and Cevin […]

June 23, 2023

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What’s going on with David Silverman and The Satanic Temple?

Note: A previous version of this article lacked the updates between June 9 and June 28, 2023, but also treated too credulously and authoritatively The Satanic Temple Sober Faction’s description of Doug “Lucien Greaves” Misicko reduced role in the organization when combined with Dex Desjardin’s description of Misicko as being “semi-retired”. The recap and responses […]

June 9, 2023

David Silverman @MrAtheistPants Thanks to my friend @LucienGreaves for a great tour for me and Kris @CShellska at @satanic_temple_ ! Great to see you again and thanks as always for your activism! Image Last edited 8:16 AM · Jun 5, 2023 from Everett, MA

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Footnotes: “Why we left The Satanic Temple”

Many people have been harmed and otherwise mistreated by The Satanic Temple over the years, especially those who once considered themselves members. This is not just by the national organization in Salem, Mass., but by all of the local organizations set up to be part of the base for the pyramid structure that funnels power […]

June 8, 2023

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Community, Footnotes, Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

Cevin Soling really hates public schools

Newly discovered passages from 2014’s “The Student Resistance Handbook” by Satanic Temple co-owner Cevin “Malcolm Jarry” Soling show that using Satanic student groups to disrupt education isn’t a bug or a side effect of them; it’s the whole point When Fox News discusses The Satanic Temple’s After School Satan clubs, they are using the issue […]

June 5, 2023

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“Wait, why is The Satanic Temple suing you?”

A detailed look at TST’s case United Federation of Churches, LLC v. Johnson et al Timeline In 2014, a small group of people founded the Satanic Temple of Seattle; Nathan Sullivan was one of those founders. Throughout 2016 and 2017, a young but nationally prominent member of the Seattle religious organization found themself sexually harassed […]

April 22, 2023

Three people stand beside each other, each wearing black masks with a pentagram and three arrows logo. The background behind them is psychedelic.

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