LINK Satanists Are Suing the City of Boston for Rejecting Their Invocation Requests | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos
The Satanic Temple is suing the city of Boston, Massachusetts for excluding them from offering invocation prayers during city council meetings.
As it stands, the city’s unwritten rules allow council members, on a rotating basis, to select community members to give those opening remarks. But that leads to favoritism, according to the Satanists, and effectively discriminates against people who hold unpopular religious beliefs.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I’m surprised that more people on this site don’t know that the Satanic Temple is a secular-humanist organization dedicated to legally challenging the predominantly christian privilege in the U.S. They don’t actually “worship” Satan, but chose him as a symbol of resistance to blind obedience to authority, in the tradition of Blake and Twain. Their legal strategy complements that of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), with an added dash of dark humor. And they love posting memes featuring the lovable antics of baby goats ... 
The-Krzyz
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And the state of Arkansas to put up a statue of Baphomet in opposition to their statue of the Ten Commandments.
Larimar
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And should include Belial, Abaddon, Beherit and Satan also!!
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