Memphis-Shelby Schools to pay Satanic Temple $15K following settlement in ‘After School Satan Club’ discrimination suit

[essentialsaltes]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has reached a settlement on behalf of The Satanic Temple in a federal lawsuit filed in March against Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) over “serious” First Amendment violations.

the district assessed a “special security fee” of over $2,000 against the group and $250 for “field lights,” both fees that other organizations meeting regularly at the school were never charged.

The Temple paid the fees, and on January 10, the first After School Satan Club was held at Chimneyrock Elementary.

[But with the settlement] MSCS agreed the Temple is subject to the same rules and requirements as other nonprofit organizations seeking to rent or use the school’s facilities and vowed not to hold any more press conferences about the club.

 

[Laodicean60]

Let the law prevail.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

So, worshiping the devil is okay in school. But worshiping God is not okay. And the devil worshipers even got paid. Because they were denied that right. Why would any parent be fine with a Satanic club at their child's school?

 

[essentialsaltes]

So, worshiping the devil is okay in school. But worshiping God is not okay.

That's not the situation.

FFRF alleges that MSCS attempted to thwart The Satanic Temple’s efforts to begin the club rather than allowing it to rent school facilities on the same terms as other nonprofit organizations like the Good News Club and Christian Good News Club.

The Satanic club was subjected to fees and special circumstances that other organizations were not.

 

[Laodicean60]

So, worshiping the devil is okay in school. But worshiping God is not okay. And the devil worshipers even got paid. Because they were denied that right. Why would any parent be fine with a Satanic club at their child's school?

Sounds bad but after-school programs can be Christian, Muslim, and Satanic. I know it sounds bad coming from a Christian but those people have constitutional rights also. If the school broke the law then they should be punished.

 

[RileyG]

Sounds bad but after-school programs can be Christian, Muslim, and Satanic. I know it sounds bad coming from a Christian but those people have constitutional rights also. If the school broke the law then they should be punished.

This I agree with, even if I hate Satan.

 

[pgp_protector]

Who (other than those making the law) didn't see this coming?

 

[bèlla]

That's why we warn christians against pushing for religion in schools. It will blow up in your face and open the door for others like this. You have to start thinking more strategically and stop being led by your emotions. If you're not going to homeschool stop opening the floodgates and complaining later on. You should know how he operates by this point.

~bella

 

[Tinker Grey]

You should know how he operates by this point.

He?

 

[Laodicean60]

If you're not going to homeschool stop opening the floodgates and complaining later on.

All our heavy-handedness is backfiring even with gays just look at the warfare around us.

 

[bèlla]

He?

The devil. Remember the context.

~bella

 

[Tinker Grey]

The devil. Remember the context.

~bella

There is no devil. There're only humans responding to despotism.

 

[bèlla]

All our heavy-handedness is backfiring even with gays just look at the warfare around us.

That's because of emotionalism, cherry picking sin, political idolatry and spiritual apathy. If we prayed as much as we argued most of these issues wouldn't be a problem.

~bella

 

[bèlla]

There is no devil. There're only humans responding to despotism.

You may believe that's the case. But since the comment pertained the christians and religion in school the inclusion is apropos. They believe he exists.

~bella

 

[Tinker Grey]

You may believe that's the case. But since the comment pertained the christians and religion in school the inclusion is apropos. They believe he exists.

~bella

That's no reason to perpetuate a lie.

ETA: "Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk" ~ Tom Waits.

 

[bèlla]

That's no reason to perpetuate a lie.

ETA: "Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk" ~ Tom Waits.

Are you trying to wake us up?

 

[Laodicean60]

That's because of emotionalism, cherry picking sin, political idolatry and spiritual apathy. If we prayed as much as we argued most of these issues wouldn't be a problem.

~bella

Amen to all but I have a different view on spirituality. I think we are overboard spirituality. The devil in every corner and everyone on the streets. My spiritualism started in the 90s and I was fighting and rebuking ghosts (yes I was a lunatic in my youth). Two examples here were Tucker and Trump both made out to be spiritual messages. When you believe Trump was saved by God directly then you fall back into the rabbit hole. No one can know that God's hand was involved so it's people's desire for it to be true with God as backup.

 

[bèlla]

Amen to all but I have a different view on spirituality. I think we are overboard spirituality. The devil in every corner and everyone on the streets. My spiritualism started in the 90s and I was fighting and rebuking ghosts (yes I was a lunatic in my youth). Two examples here were Tucker and Trump both made out to be spiritual messages. When you believe Trump was saved by God directly then you fall back into the rabbit hole. No one can know that God's hand was involved so it's people's desire for it to be true with God as backup.

What you're witnessing isn't spirituality. It's mania plain and simple. We go from one obsession to the next. Maybe it's the dopamine hit that's the draw.

Trump and Tucker work for the same people. When you oppose them bad things happen and they're still here. Remember the Boeing whistleblowers? If they're talking a lot and still breathing don't everything they say.

~bella

 

[Hans Blaster]

Trump and Tucker work for the same people. When you oppose them bad things happen and they're still here. Remember the Boeing whistleblowers? If they're talking a lot and still breathing don't everything they say.

Who, the Kremlin? Because that's the only group that both Tucker and Trump have been accused of working for. (Both just seem to be motivated by self-interest and don't seem to have actual "paymasters". Just for clarity.)

 

[RileyG]

That's no reason to perpetuate a lie.

ETA: "Don't you know there ain't no devil, there's just God when he's drunk" ~ Tom Waits.

As Christians, we very much believe in the existence of Satan and the demons.

I respect your right to belief, or rather, unbelief.

Take care