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Another ‘After-School Satan Club’ is approved, this time at an Ohio elementary school
They do add that they are not legally allowed to discriminate against this group.
And, uh, lest anyone take the name too seriously…
Nevertheless, you just know this is going to set off a bunch of hand-wringing from the uber-conservative types.
And you do have to appreciate the irony of a school district denying that they necessarily support a club that endorses rational thinking.
The school district has gone to great pains to emphasize that they do not endorse or sponsor the club.Another ‘After-School Satan Club’ — with a mission to “focus on free inquiry and rationalism” — has popped up with school district approval, this time at an Ohio elementary school.
They do add that they are not legally allowed to discriminate against this group.
“The District has approved these types of groups in the past, one example being the Good News Club, which is an after-school child evangelism program. The Good News Club has met after school at Donovan Elementary School for years.”
…Schools cannot discriminate against religious speech when a religious organization club is held on district grounds following a 2001 Supreme Court ruling in the case of Good News Club v. Milford Central School.
In other words…sauce for the goose!“The pre-existing presence of evangelical after school clubs not only established a precedent for which school districts must now accept Satanic groups, but the evangelical after school clubs have created the need for Satanic after school clubs to offer a contrasting balance to student’s extracurricular activities,” The Satanic Temple says.
And, uh, lest anyone take the name too seriously…
Nothing wrong with that. In fact, Flying Spaghetti Monster knows we could use more of it nowadays!…the After School Satan Club says it does not have interest in converting students to Satanism, but instead focuses on “the scientific basis for which we know what we know about the world around us.”
The program says it uses games, projects and thinking exercises that emphasize science and a non-superstitious view of the world.
Nevertheless, you just know this is going to set off a bunch of hand-wringing from the uber-conservative types.
And you do have to appreciate the irony of a school district denying that they necessarily support a club that endorses rational thinking.