Queer Satanic<p>The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases.</p><p>A federal district court judge in New York today sided with the online magazine Newsweek against The Satanic Temple, a tax-exempt church, finding there was no basis by the nontheistic religious organization to continue the defamation case against the publisher.</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/the-satanic-temple-loses-slapp-libel-case-against-newsweek/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/the-satanic-t</span><span class="invisible">emple-loses-slapp-libel-case-against-newsweek/</span></a></p><p>This should be the end of a case that started either three or five years ago, depending on what you want to start counting by.</p><p>The Satanic Temple sued the Newsweek and its reporter Julia Duin in February 2022 in retaliation for Duin writing and Newsweek publishing a critical article about TST in October 2021; that article centered on TST suing four former Washington State members in April 2020. That is, us. The Temple repeatedly lost their lawsuits against us over the next four-plus, the final one ending in October 2024.</p><p>Also, it's not official yet, but "Satanic Temple’s Idaho Abortion Ban Appeal Looks Likely to Fail"</p><p>Title comes from this Bloomberg writeup that probably is paywalled, but is pretty negative:<br><a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/satanic-temples-idaho-abortion-ban-appeal-looks-likely-to-fail" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.bloomberglaw.com/health-l</span><span class="invisible">aw-and-business/satanic-temples-idaho-abortion-ban-appeal-looks-likely-to-fail</span></a></p><p>> A panel of Ninth Circuit judges on Wednesday appeared unlikely to give the Satanic Temple another shot at suing Idaho over measures that bar it from providing abortion care to members in the state.<br>> <br>> Questions of the group’s standing to sue—personal, associational, organizational, or otherwise—dominated the oral arguments, with Judge M. Margaret McKeown asking attorneys for both sides to clarify how the Satanic Temple can proceed when it hasn’t named any member who lives in Idaho, is pregnant, and wants to end the pregnancy.<br>> <br>> It can’t, state’s attorney Alan Hurst told the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<br>> <br>> But W. James Mac Naughton, a private practitioner in Newton, N.J., representing the Satanic Temple, said there’s a “statistical probability” that such a person exists. In his analysis, at least three people in Idaho currently are being harmed by laws that prevent the Satanic Temple from setting up a clinic or mailing abortion-inducing pills into the state, he said.<br>> <br>> Without a name, however, there’s no way to show the Satanic Temple’s claimed harm is anything more that pure speculation, Hurst said.<br>> <br>> Judge John B. Owens didn’t have any substantive questions for the attorneys, while Judge Ronald M. Gould stayed silent.</p><p>It goes on about some more of the background, but you can also just see all of their cases on The.Satanic.Wiki.</p><p>This Courthouse news article should be fully accessible and also characterizes it similarly:<br><a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/idaho-says-satanic-temple-doesnt-have-standing-in-abortion-challenge/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courthousenews.com/idaho-says-</span><span class="invisible">satanic-temple-doesnt-have-standing-in-abortion-challenge/</span></a></p><p>> “This case is about coerced motherhood and money,” James Mac Naughton, an attorney representing the Satanic Temple, told the court.<br>> <br>> But before Mac Naughton got too far into his argument, U.S. Circuit Judge Mary McKeown questioned him about the Temple’s standing.<br>> <br>> “Maybe you can explain to me what have you alleged that give you the predicates of associational standing?” Bill Clinton appointee asked.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newsweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newsweek</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPPS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abortionRights</span></a></p>
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Queer Satanic<p>According to past filings, the Oklahoman believed he was sent by "Elohim" to "fight crybaby Satan" by attacking Satanic Temple headquarters with an improvised explosive.</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/oklahoma-man-accused-of-pipe-bombing-satanic-temple-hq-to-plead-guilty/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/oklahoma-man-</span><span class="invisible">accused-of-pipe-bombing-satanic-temple-hq-to-plead-guilty/</span></a></p><p>Sean Patrick Palmer of Perkins, Okla., is facing up two decades in federal prison after agreeing with prosecutors to plead guilty to a hate-crime attack of The Satanic Temple's Salem HQ in April 2024.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Salem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salem</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SalemMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalemMA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeanPatrickPalmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeanPatrickPalmer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PerkinsOkla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerkinsOkla</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oklahoma</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HateCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateCrime</span></a></p>
John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://yourwalls.today/users/eris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eris</span></a></span> </p><p>I like <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> .</p>
Queer Satanic<p>Queer Satanic is dead; long live Queer Satanic</p><p>It’s official and it’s final: We won.<br>If The Satanic Temple were going to appeal its loss against the defendants it called “Queer Satanic”, the notice of appeal was due in King County Superior Court by 4:30 p.m. today. We have received no electronic notice of a filing, so we are very pleased to say that the case is finally concluded.</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/queer-satanic-is-dead-long-live-queer-satanic/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/queer-satanic</span><span class="invisible">-is-dead-long-live-queer-satanic/</span></a></p><p>The nontheistic religious organization used its for-profit corporation “United Federation of Churches LLC d/b/a ‘The Satanic Temple’ ” to sue four former members of its Washington State chapter from April 2020 till September 2024. They sued us in federal court, the Ninth Circuit Court, dragged us into giving depositions for the Southern District of New York, and sued us in King County Superior Court, but TST has lost everywhere it went. The claims that we always maintained were frivolous and without merit have been found so in every court TST made those claims by every judge who has looked at them. Now, a month after TST’s most recent loss, the deadline for the Temple’s appeal has come and gone, and so we’re done.</p><p>Years ago in dark times where it seemed like there would be no end to this and The Satanic Temple and its owners would never stop being vexatious litigants against us, we wrote the bottom section (in the link). The website’s administrator was supposed to add some sort of explainer and then publish it, keeping the site up and running for as long as that was feasible for them since we would be in no position to be involved anymore.</p><p>What it talks about has not come to pass — but in other ways, it certainly has. This was not sustainable indefinitely. The machine was breaking down for a long time, grinding metal on metal without pause, but it can be turned off now. “Non serviam” — until further notice, this machine is out of service.</p><p>Certainly, there is still research to be done and still other articles to be written about The Satanic Temple, its owners, and how they actually operate in contrast to how they present themselves. But to be done by us? That’s less clear.</p><p>We don’t plan to completely disappear, and there is still some tidying up to do, but mostly, there’s some much needed rest. Just as likely, there will be other fights that now we can focus on, given the way the world is going. In either case, this sabbatical may be indefinite.</p><p>“Queer Satanic” was never an organization, never a hierarchy, only a vibe. We were Heretical Satanists, heretics of heretics, so in the midst of defending ourselves from a lawsuit, we tried to put forward positive ideas and examples about what a more useful Satanism might look like; we tried to show a radical and rebellious way of approaching and acting in the world beyond just aesthetics of painting it black or upside-down Christianity slapped on bog-standard reactionary and liberal politics.</p><p>We didn’t do enough of it, and there is still so much more to be done.</p><p>For now at least, we leave you to it.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CourtVictory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CourtVictory</span></a></p>
TraversE<p>Today marks the opening of TST Health’s second telehealth abortion clinic in Virginia. Services will be free of charge, with patients only needing to cover the cost of medication through a third party at a very low price. Dedicated staff will again be available 24/7. </p><p>TST took a bold step forward by opening the world’s first religious abortion clinic on February 14th, 2023.</p><p>More info: <a href="https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/new-fundraiser?ccem=nwfsSUnT9IGouPYCpswyUSADUfA-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thesatanictemple.com/pages/new</span><span class="invisible">-fundraiser?ccem=nwfsSUnT9IGouPYCpswyUSADUfA-</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>Hell yes: Washington state court dismisses latest lawsuit by Satanic Temple targeting former members</p><p><a href="http://queersatanic.com/moreover-we-are-no-longer-being-sued-by-the-satanic-temple-in-federal-district-court-or-king-county-superior-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/moreover-we-a</span><span class="invisible">re-no-longer-being-sued-by-the-satanic-temple-in-federal-district-court-or-king-county-superior-court/</span></a></p><p>Judge determines TST “has no rights to or interest” to Facebook memes page the national for-profit Satanic corporation has been suing to get since 2020</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingCounty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawfare</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>We fuckin' won, y'all</p><p>It hasn't fully sunk in yet, but we did just get some truly joyful news.</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/moreover-we-are-no-longer-being-sued-by-the-satanic-temple-in-federal-district-court-or-king-county-superior-court/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/moreover-we-a</span><span class="invisible">re-no-longer-being-sued-by-the-satanic-temple-in-federal-district-court-or-king-county-superior-court/</span></a></p><p>The Satanic Temple lost AGAIN, and ours is a full victory here</p><p>The King County Superior Court just granted our motion for summary judgment in full, dismissing all claims with prejudice and ruling on our declaratory judgment counterclaim we have the right to use "the Memes Page".</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/queersatanic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/queersatanic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MemePage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MemePage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LegalAnnouncement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegalAnnouncement</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>thanks to Left Bank Books Collective for both stocking our zines and stickers and for telling folk about them </p><p>you can get the zines in person at the store in Pike Place Market<br>92 Pike St # B, Seattle, WA 98101</p><p>or print them yourself from here:<br><a href="https://queersatanic.com/zines/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">queersatanic.com/zines/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>you can also get stickers and other print-on-demand merch here to support our legal defense from The Satanic Temple’s ongoing lawsuits:<br><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/queersatanic/shop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">redbubble.com/people/queersata</span><span class="invisible">nic/shop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeftBankBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeftBankBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seattle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PikePlaceMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PikePlaceMarket</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cults</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicAntifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicAntifascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>More filings in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SLAPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLAPP</span></a> action against its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> heretics<br> <br><a href="https://queersatanic.com/more-filings-in-satanic-temples-slapp-action-against-its-queer-satanic-heretics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/more-filings-</span><span class="invisible">in-satanic-temples-slapp-action-against-its-queer-satanic-heretics/</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Salem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Salem</span></a>, Mass.-based religious org <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> continues legal attack begun in 2020, utilizing for-profit corporation to target four former members now in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonState</span></a> court</p>
DOM<p>The Satanic Temple does not worship the biblical <a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/Satan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satan</span></a>. They see him as a 'mascot' of sorts. Their message is focused more on inclusivity, which to some people is even scarier than the Dark Lord himself. 🖤 </p><p><a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atheism</span></a> <a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/Agnosticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agnosticism</span></a> <a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://wehavecookies.social/tags/AnarchoSatanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnarchoSatanism</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a>'s lawsuit against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> implodes after minister splits org</p><p>Continuing fallout from recent tantrum by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> owner Doug “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LucienGreaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucienGreaves</span></a>” Misicko wrecks another legal case, this time over <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/invocations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invocations</span></a> at Chicago City Council</p><p>A day before a status hearing was set to go before a federal judge for a religious discrimination lawsuit by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a>, the attorney representing the infernal religious organization notified the judge that that would no longer be necessary, voluntarily ending the case for good.</p><p>> Plaintiffs The Satanic Temple and Adam Vavrick and Defendant City of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a>, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 this case should be dismissed without costs or fees to either party.<br>-Stipulation to Dismiss – Document No. 35</p><p>The following day, July 24, Judge Joan Lefkow dismissed the cases with prejudice “with each party to bear its own costs and fees.”</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTempleInc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTempleInc</span></a>. and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdamVavrick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamVavrick</span></a>, an ordained minister of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> and a leader of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TSTIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TSTIllinois</span></a> congregation, sought to deliver an invocation before a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChicagoCityCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChicagoCityCouncil</span></a> meeting. However, they were not invited after, TST claims, more than three years of asking to deliver an invocation and not being given an explanation for why they were not invited.</p><p>TST sued the city in federal court on May 3, 2023, alleging violations of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.</p><p>We wrote about the background of this whole thing in December 2023 and again in May 2024; in the latter, we also made a bit of a prediction there at the very end in reference to the scheduled trial date:</p><p>“Given TST’s usual burn-through rate and the ongoing major schism centered on TST Ministry, it will also be interesting to see if ‘Minister of Satan Adam Vavrick’ is even still associated with TST and ordained by the time 2025 rolls around.”</p><p>And wouldn’t you know it, a little more than a month after we said that, the plaintiff Vavrick announced he’d left TST's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicMinistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicMinistry</span></a>.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://queersatanic.com/satanic-temples-lawsuit-against-chicago-implodes-after-minister-splits-org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/satanic-templ</span><span class="invisible">es-lawsuit-against-chicago-implodes-after-minister-splits-org/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>failure</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>Is it dead-naming to refer to “Lucien Greaves” as “Doug Misicko”?<br> <br>No, it is not.<br> <br><a href="https://queersatanic.com/is-it-dead-naming-to-refer-to-lucien-greaves-as-doug-misicko/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/is-it-dead-na</span><span class="invisible">ming-to-refer-to-lucien-greaves-as-doug-misicko/</span></a><br> <br>Sometimes well-meaning people ask this question sincerely, but in practice, it usually feels like people raise and deploy the specter of dead-naming as a way to distract from all of the other criticisms of The Satanic Temple and its owners that are completely indefensible.<br> <br>He is not calling himself names like “Greaves” or “Doug Mesner” out of a sincere desire to identify differently than his government name but because he is attempting to make it more difficult to hold him accountable as the owner of a collection of for-profit and tax-exempt corporations he solely or jointly controls totally. </p><p>Moreover, we’re still being sued by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> in ̷f̷e̷d̷e̷r̷a̷l̷ ̷c̷o̷u̷r̷t̷ ̷a̷n̷d̷ ̷n̷o̷w̷ King County Superior Court. <br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> is also still suing Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> is now suing a TikToker in Texas for talking about our case. Check the profile link for more. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LucienGreaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucienGreaves</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DougMesner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DougMesner</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DougMisicko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DougMisicko</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeadNaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeadNaming</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InformedDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InformedDissent</span></a> The Satanic Temple Inc. v Shelby County Board of Education close to an end </p><p>-<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68356813/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/?order_by=desc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/68356</span><span class="invisible">813/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/?order_by=desc</span></a><br>-<a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68356813/22/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/68356</span><span class="invisible">813/22/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/</span></a></p><p>Looks like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomFromReligionFoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomFromReligionFoundation</span></a> is about to get a good settlement for TST in their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ASSclub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASSclub</span></a> case.</p><p>From the original complaint, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FFRF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FFRF</span></a> is only asking for $1 plus attorney's fees<br><a href="https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68356813/1/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">courtlistener.com/docket/68356</span><span class="invisible">813/1/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/</span></a></p><p>> Nominal Damages<br>> 215. The Satanic Temple requests an entry of judgment for nominal damages in the amount of $1 for violations of its constitutional rights.<br>><br>> Attorneys’ Fees and Costs<br>> 216. The Satanic Temple requests an order awarding it the costs of this action, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.</p><p>It's true that Satanists have an uphill battle in courts, but this is more evidence that The Satanic Temple is to blame for most of its court failures, rather than "corrupt judges"</p><p>The FFRF filed a competent complaint with specific quotes/citations rather than bald assertions, and, maybe even more importantly, their legal team seemed to actively be seeking a favorable settlement rather than trying to be the biggest douchebags possible.</p><p>(The Satanic Temple is bad at that.)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShelbyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShelbyCounty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>Some stories we'll try to get to/follow up on next week:</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeLiveInHell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeLiveInHell</span></a>: Newspaper gets clarity from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> sheriff's office about why they mentioned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> in a press release about a sex offender's plea deal <br><a href="https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article289748209.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">idahostatesman.com/news/local/</span><span class="invisible">crime/article289748209.html</span></a></p><p>Our recap from the week before:<br><a href="https://queersatanic.com/the-satanic-panic-is-still-alive-in-idaho/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/the-satanic-p</span><span class="invisible">anic-is-still-alive-in-idaho/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ValleyCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ValleyCounty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VCSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VCSO</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IdahoStatesman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IdahoStatesman</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicPanic</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> is opposed child abuse, but local cops want people to think the exact opposite because the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicPanic</span></a> is still alive in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/the-satanic-panic-is-still-alive-in-idaho/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/the-satanic-p</span><span class="invisible">anic-is-still-alive-in-idaho/</span></a></p><p>Shoutout <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicIdaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicIdaho</span></a> for all of the completely undeserved bullshit they're having to put up with at the moment.</p><p>Moreover, we’re still being sued by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> in ̷f̷e̷d̷e̷r̷a̷l̷ ̷c̷o̷u̷r̷t̷ ̷a̷n̷d̷ ̷n̷o̷w̷ King County Superior Court.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> is also still suing Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> is now suing a TikToker in Texas for talking about our case. Check the profile link for more.</p>
Queer Satanic<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@AnarchistFederation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AnarchistFederation</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpencerSunshine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpencerSunshine</span></a> wrote a good book.</p><p>It was also nice to see someone in academia make the connection between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> and the alt right, even tho that was not the main thrust of the work.</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/neo-nazi-terrorism-and-countercultural-fascism-by-spencer-sunshine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/neo-nazi-terr</span><span class="invisible">orism-and-countercultural-fascism-by-spencer-sunshine/</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>We will be going live again in about two hours (8 p.m. Pacific Friday / 0300 GMT Saturday)<br><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/queersatanic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">twitch.tv/queersatanic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p>See also our recap from last week<br><a href="https://queersatanic.com/the-new-heretics-stream-6-14-24/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/the-new-heret</span><span class="invisible">ics-stream-6-14-24/</span></a></p><p>As always, we'll help make sense of all The Satanic Temple news that made the mainstream (and what should have)</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitch</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheNewHeretics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheNewHeretics</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>things are still going just great at The Satanic Temple, for anyone who was wondering about that. </p><p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/SatanicTemple_Reddit/comments/1dj3tat/i_was_defrocked_removed_from_local_congregation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">old.reddit.com/r/SatanicTemple</span><span class="invisible">_Reddit/comments/1dj3tat/i_was_defrocked_removed_from_local_congregation/</span></a></p><p>Illustration by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dragon.style/@sporkbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sporkbot</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LucienGreaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucienGreaves</span></a></p>
GOS<p><a href="https://gos.pm/qs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gos.pm/qs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>A range of merch designed by our friends and comrades <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@QueerSatanic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>QueerSatanic</span></a></span> </p><p>Since April 2020 they have been being sued by The Satanic Temple (TST) on grounds which have largely been dismissed by the courts. Repeated refilings of their claims, along with open admissions from lawyers working with TST, suggest that this is a SLAPP (or Strategic Suit Against Public Participation) strategy — engaging in “lawfare” designed to silence critics by running up unmanageable legal fees.</p><p>To mitigate their shipping costs, and with their full permission and support, we are proud to offer an alternative source of their merchandise, printed on demand (largely in Europe) — with all proceeds going directly towards their legal support fund.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/QueerSatanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QueerSatanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Satanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satanic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atheism</span></a></p>
Queer Satanic<p>You can also read about what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheSatanicTemple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheSatanicTemple</span></a> admitted in court in its <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defamation</span></a> case against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newsweek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newsweek</span></a> last week, whittled down to just the matter of whether there were instances of sexual abuse in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TST</span></a> had covered up.</p><p>Indeed, the focus seems to have been on discrediting whistleblowers</p><p><a href="https://queersatanic.com/the-satanic-temple-does-not-care-about-its-members/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">queersatanic.com/the-satanic-t</span><span class="invisible">emple-does-not-care-about-its-members/</span></a></p>
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