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July 28, 2014 Sophie Weiner

The Satanic Temple organization is challenging Oklahoma’s state mandatory anti-abortion counseling law, using a Hobby Lobby-style religious exemption. Today, TST spokesperson Lucian Greaves argued that the Hobby Lobby decision demonstrates that the Supreme Court “has decided that religious beliefs are so sacrosanct that they can even trump scientific fact.” This was made clear when they allowed Hobby Lobby to claim certain […]

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May 1, 2014 Andy Cush

There’s a statue of the Dark Lord coming to the Oklahoma State Captiol building, and now VICE has photos. An organization called the Satanic Temple is building the monument in response to a statue of the 10-commandments that’s displayed on the Capitol grounds. There’s also an interview with Temple leader Lucien Greaves (née Douglas Mesner), […]

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February 4, 2014 Andy Cush

The Satanic Temple, an NYC-based organization, is angling to have a Baphomet statue installed beside an existing monument to the 10 Commandments near Oklahoma’s state capitol. Douglas Mesner, the Temple’s spokesman and apparent leader, seems pretty reasonable. In an interview with The Atlantic, Mesner — who also goes by the distinctly more satanic moniker Lucien Greaves — gives some […]

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January 7, 2014 Andy Cush

In response to the Ten Commandments monument that was erected at Oklahoma’s state Capitol last year, the NYC-based Satanic Temple has petitioned to have a Baphomet statue installed as well. Here’s what their proposal looks like. Friendly, right? The Satanic Temple has already surpassed its $20,000 funding goal on IndieGogo, with 11 days left to […]

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