https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to satanic temple en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/05/hail-santa-war-christmas-outrage-over-satanic-tree-reveals-self-serving-ambiguity Forget ugly sweater parties , this is our new national Christmas tradition: 1) a public venue creates a forum and invites everyone to erect displays; 2) Secular Humanists, Satanists, and other subversives participate; 3) moral entrepreneurs feign outrage that the… Tue, 05 Dec 2023 04:35:24 EST Joseph Laycock 8d7487a3-0cae-44ab-8245-ce570939c83d https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/20/la-carmina-author-little-book-satanism-talks-satanic-panic-qanon-japanese-satanism-and For most of its existence, religious Satanism has been regarded as either unfit for polite conversation or fodder for sensationalist tabloid media. In the 1990s, Anton LaVey complained, “Whenever I got on TV or the radio, I was given a… Thu, 20 Oct 2022 06:18:21 EDT Joseph Laycock b66877cf-2067-4808-bc79-3f1dd436f1ac https://religiondispatches.org/2020/10/15/what-does-satanism-have-do-qanon Outsiders to the QAnon conspiracy system evolving over the past few years may be confused by its references to Satanic rites in which children are supposedly abused. Of course, there’s never been the slightest evidence of murderous, child-abusing Satanic cults… Thu, 15 Oct 2020 03:35:44 EDT David Frankfurter 87936a51-29de-4ca0-9d1b-55d141450aef https://religiondispatches.org/2019/10/07/satanic-temple-considers-legal-action-against-school-censorship The task of determining which web content students can access is outsourced to an Austin, Texas-based company called Lightspeed Systems, which had manually tagged The Satanic Temple’s website as “mature.” Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:20:47 EDT Joseph Laycock cc2349e2-f62f-4e7f-b709-2e36af4bf071 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/08/20/satanist-religious-freedom-rally-successful-despite-neo-nazis-and-christian-heckler When the police chief asked whether a requested garbage can would be used for blood, he was informed that it was for Satanists to pick up any litter after the rally. Mon, 20 Aug 2018 01:25:59 EDT Joseph Laycock 46376c1d-bd6b-4fe6-ac3d-8b3fc08e1e87 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/08/14/neo-nazis-call-white-christians-oppose-satanic-temple-rally The convergence of conservative Christian and White Supremacist groups suggests this is really a struggle over who is a “real” American and who is not. Tue, 14 Aug 2018 04:30:57 EDT Joseph Laycock afb3ad3d-84b0-4190-b85a-7c72f0324f86 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/03/20/satanists-take-aim-school-spanking There’s a connection between hitting children and cultural identity. Growing up in Austin, Texas, I remember going to summer camp and being shocked to meet kids who had been hit with paddles by their teachers. They were from small Texas… Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:47:02 EDT Joseph Laycock 194a1d7d-1263-454e-b319-ea3e8c2be8d0 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/16/satanists-infiltrate-ritual-abuse-conference-oakland-your-guide-what-happened-and-why In April, a group of Satanists infiltrated a conference for people who believe they’re the victims of a Satanic conspiracy. RD contributor Joseph Laycock has answers to all of your burning questions. Wait, enough people believe that they’re victims of… Thu, 16 Jun 2016 07:23:19 EDT Joseph Laycock d7b5a53a-5f1c-4977-8921-3cd0eea22cc8 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/04/06/satanic-temple-protests-pseudoscientific-therapies-satanic-abuse-and-witchcraft If you happened to walk past San Francisco’s Parc 55 hotel this past weekend, you would have seen a most unusual sight: Two women bound on the sidewalk in chains as Satanists cover them in ashes and recited from the… Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:15:06 EDT Joseph Laycock 1a52f1be-4bfd-4c4a-8986-3f0c9547e67b https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/25/year-satanism 2014 was the year of the Satanist. In December 2013, The Satanic Temple announced plans to erect a statue of Baphomet on the grounds of the capital in Oklahoma City. This Baphomet statue was intended to challenge the constitutionality of… Thu, 25 Dec 2014 02:12:41 EST Joseph Laycock c5d95f6b-f7b0-46f8-b62a-c43c084c1663 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/12/25/5-silliest-religious-exemptions-cases-2014 2014 was the year that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) made a comeback, and now religious exemptions are the talk of the (policy wonk) town. As Hobby Lobby emboldened those seeking religious exemptions, we saw more and more outlandish… Thu, 25 Dec 2014 01:59:12 EST Kara Loewentheil 007edaff-cb36-43e1-af10-e8d567edec68 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/09/09/satanic-foia-reveals-deep-confusion-about-1st-amendment The Satanic Temple, best known for its offer to build a monument to Satan in an attempt to challenge the Constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument in Oklahoma, recently filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain any… Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:20:04 EDT Joseph Laycock 7ae9f886-c517-4714-93ed-35f9b60e6bd7 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/16/catholics-eulogy-harvard-black-mass-controversy By now, many in the Boston area and beyond are familiar with the controversy surrounding the “reenactment” of a “black mass” that was to take place at Harvard University earlier this week. There can be no doubt that members of… Fri, 16 May 2014 08:29:38 EDT Craig A. Ford, Jr. 9ef108bd-453e-49fc-9f7f-63093a1e5d41 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/15/black-mass-hysteria-harvard-real-story When the Satanic Temple offered to perform a historical re-enactment of a black mass through the Harvard Extension School Cultural Studies Club, no one had any idea what a media circus would ensue. The event was originally intended as a… Thu, 15 May 2014 04:10:06 EDT Joseph Laycock 509c573c-d8cf-4861-814b-4fb68c28ff2f https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/07/satanic-black-mass-harvard-excites-conservatives The Satanic Temple, the group behind the proposed monument to Satan in Oklahoma, has announced that they will hold a “historical re-enactment” of a black mass at Harvard University today. The event is hosted through the Harvard Extension Cultural Studies… Wed, 07 May 2014 03:02:28 EDT Joseph Laycock 6bae26e2-e5d9-4aea-8ee1-4688b8cce89e https://religiondispatches.org/2013/12/12/satanist-monument-shines-light-christian-privilege Will the challenge to build “an homage to the historic/literary Satan” at Oklahoma’s capital actually change anything? Thu, 12 Dec 2013 01:35:12 EST Joseph Laycock 186092ae-583f-49e3-8b66-790458373e77