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Originally Posted by octothorp
Satanists in America are advocating ritualistic abortion!!
Okay, not exactly. But kinda.
The Satanic Temple (an official religion that doesn't believe in Satan and is working for the separation of church and state among other things), announced that their satanic abortion ritual exempts members who wish to have an abortion from practices such as mandatory counseling, being forced to view sonograms, waiting periods, etc.
Basically, it's taking the expanded ideas of religious freedoms as interpreted by the Supreme Court, and using them as a tool to protect women from attempts to guilt them into not pursuing their abortion.
https://announcement.thesatanictempl...mpaign41280784
(The actual ritual, in case anyone's curious, is simply reciting two of the TST's tenets, about the inviolability of one's own body and that one's beliefs should conform with one's scientific understanding.)
It'll be interesting to see (a) whether any legal cases result from someone attempting to use these protections, and (b) how far conservatives fly off the handle over this. |
I watched a documentary on the Satanic Temple (I think it was on Netflix). Actually really interesting, they don't actually worship Satan or anything crazy like the xtians want you to think. Most of them are atheists and therefore don't think Satan is real either. They just use Satan as their figurehead in opposition to the religiousness in the states. They believe people should be free to worship and be whoever they are and that religion should play zero part in politics. Really agree with their whole message, I didn't realize until I watched it that I was a Satanist all along.