Lilith Starr, founder of the Satanic Temple of Seattle, is working to bring Satan clubs to elementary schools. “We are a very serious religion,” she said.
The national movement is attempting to establish a dozen After School Satan Clubs across the country. Local chapters have applied for space at public elementary schools in cities including Atlanta, Detroit, Washington, Portland, Ore., Tacoma, Washington, Salt Lake City, Tucson and Los Angeles.
A 2001 high court ruling in a civil case brought by the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Missouri held that when a government operates a “limited public forum” such as after-school clubs, it cannot discriminate against the kind of speech that takes place. The victory permitted the Good News Clubs to teach the Bible in the classrooms after school hours. It also opened the school door for students of any faith, or no faith, to be taught the ways of Satanism.
Starr founded the Seattle temple in 2014. She said the group, which has 78 members, always closes sessions with a “Hail Satan” invocation. She outlined the group’s Seven Tenets, including a belief that “the freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend.” [Condensed from Rick Anderson’s story entitled, The Devil’s Advocates — Satanists aim to counter Christians with their own after-school clubs. Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2016.]
What can we do? We can pray that parents will have the wisdom and discernment NOT to allow their children to participate in a Satan Club. We can pray for the schools that have Good News Clubs. We can help start another Good News Club or become a club helper.
- Learn more about Good News Club: http://www.cefonline.com/ministries/goodnewsclub/
- What do school principals say? http://www.cefonline.com/principals-speak-good-news-club/
- Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Proverbs 22:6
- Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matthew 18:6
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