The Satanic Temple has prompted the development of other Satanic religious organizations, some amicably and others through religious schism.[1][2][3]
Prominent chapter leader Jex Blackmore left the organization in March 2018,[4] over statements deemed too extreme by the national TST organization. In a later interview, Blackmore criticized TST as corrupt: "The organization badly yearns to be deemed legitimate in the eyes of those in power but they will never achieve this aim, even if their litigious activities are successful. Our work, whatever it is, must come from a place of authenticity."[5][6]
The Global Order of Satan was founded in 2018[7] following the departure of the TST-UK and London chapters, which had voted no confidence in TST. This schism was motivated by TST removing two consecutive UK chapter heads: the first for engaging in unapproved campaigns, and the second for "personality clashes".[8][9]
The group HelLA formed in 2018 following a rift based on ethical concerns; the Los Angeles chapter objected to TST's acceptance of pro-bono legal work from the free-speech lawyer Marc Randazza, as well as "the complete lack of racial diversity" among TST leadership.[10][11][12] The ex-chapter head also cited a disagreement with Lucien Greaves' absolutist philosophy on free speech.[13][14]
Several "approved administrators" of the TST-Washington chapter left the Temple and took control of the chapter's social media pages in March 2020.[15] TST responded with a lawsuit against the former members,[16] and subsequently sued Newsweek magazine, claiming defamatory coverage of the matter.[17][18]
Amidst a flurry of disaffiliations and resignations in May 2024, several state groups–including Colorado, Florida, and Minnesota–severed ties with the national TST organization and formed the independent Coalition of Satanic Congregations.[19][20][better source needed] The Satanic Temple has been criticized for how it handled dissenting Ministers in their Ministerial organization during the May 2024 schism.[citation needed]
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The Satanic Temple has prompted the development of other Satanic religious organizations but with regularly much acrimony as lower level leaders and rank-and-file members reject the priorities of TST's lawsuit-happy owners.[21][22][23]
The Satanic Temple’s first “High Priest” Brian Werner announced as such on TST’s social media in June 2013, publicly left the organization in December 2014, claiming his one-time personal friend Lucien Greaves had used lawyers to attempt to force a non-disclosure agreement on Werner, leading Werner to compare the organization to Scientology.[24] [25] Around the same time, the first leader of the Portland local group Zach Black announced his departure, complaining about a lack of democracy and transparency in the organization. [26][27] Black had been a Church of Satan member from 1994 to 2002 who had favored white nationalist Boyd Rice to succeed Anton LaVey as the next Church of Satan leader. After LaVey’s death stated he left TST as part of a disagreement with Greaves over Black linking to a PDF library on Black’s “Satanic International Network” website that contained works under the copyright of Greaves friend, Adam Parfrey, owner of publishing company Feral House. [28] Werner, Black, and Greaves’ longtime friend Shane Bugbee were all longtime Satanists who had been brought into the organization in the summer of 2013 following the botched stunt in Tallahassee in January 2013 that media had identified as being part of the same prank documentary idea TST had originated as.
Former chapter head of the St. Louis group “Damien Ba’al” exited The Satanic Temple in July 2015, going on to form the “United Aspects of Satan.” [29]. In November 2016, TST Minneapolis left the organization as a whole to become "Minnesota's Left Hand Path Community ", later explaining, “We found the lack of communication, organization and leadership from the National Body to be reasons enough to step away.” [30]
In 2017, the St. Louis chapter as a whole departed from TST to become the independent group “Ordo Sororitatis Satanicae”. Nikki Moungo, a subsequent former St. Louis chapterhead to Ba’al and TST “National Council” member interviewed the “Mary Doe” from TST’s failed Missouri abortion litigation, alleging Greaves had been verbally abuse to Mary Doe and that TST had used legal threats to prevent “Mary Doe” from communicating with the rest of the St. Louis chapter while litigation was ongoing, a claim also reported by the ‘’Riverfront Times’’.[31] [32]
Moungo also alleged that Cevin Soling ('Malcolm Jarry"), who has publicly compared criticism of the Israeli military to “blood libel” and has registered a nonprofit devoted to targeting pro-Palestinian college students, had stepped in to disqualify an otherwise promising candidate from leadership because of the candidate’s "terrorist" credentials, by which Soling meant involvement in Students for Justice in Palestine. [33][34][35]
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National spokesperson and head of the then-prominent Detroit chapter Jex Blackmore left TST in March 2018,[4] over statements deemed too extreme by the national TST organization. In a later interview, Blackmore criticized TST as corrupt: "The organization badly yearns to be deemed legitimate in the eyes of those in power but they will never achieve this aim, even if their litigious activities are successful. Our work, whatever it is, must come from a place of authenticity."[37]
Later the same year, numerous local groups separated from the national org, citing the authoritarianism of the organization's structure and its priorities following TST's owners to the detriment of everyone else. The group HelLA formed in 2018 following a rift based on ethical concerns; the Los Angeles chapter objected to TST's acceptance of pro-bono legal work from the free-speech lawyer Marc Randazza, as well as "the complete lack of racial diversity" among TST leadership.[38][39][40] The ex-chapter head also cited a disagreement with Lucien Greaves' absolutist philosophy on free speech.[41][14] In some cases, such as Los Angeles, Portland, and the United Kingdom, the social media accounts the local groups had created were renamed and departed with them.[42] In other cases, such as earlier St. Louis and Detroit chapter exoduses, they were left behind and abandoned.
The Global Order of Satan was founded in 2018, rebranding after TST's European and Israel chapters first separated and re-named themselves as "Satanic Temple International". [43][44] This schism was motivated by TST removing two consecutive UK chapter heads: the first for engaging in unapproved campaigns, and the second for "personality clashes".[45][46][47]
The Satanic Temple has earned a reputation for litigiousness against former members, leading to the moniker “Scientology for mall goths.”.[48][49] TST sent legal threats to leaders who left in 2018 and spoke out, claiming they had violated the non-disparagement clauses of their Non-Disclosure Agreements.[50][51][52] However, despite contemporary claims that these clauses were removed, other members have subsequenrly made references that they persist, sometimes accompanied with threats of litigation. [53][54]
This litigiousness is not restricted to people who signed contracts with them. In March 2020, an approved administrator of TST's Washington chapter removed other admins and editors of the Facebook page and posted news article and blogs referencing previous ex-member testimony and past works and statements by TST's owners.[55] TST responded with a lawsuit against the former members the lawsuit's target characterized as a SLAPP,[56]. TST sued the four former members of TST Washington in federal, appellate, and state court from April 2020 till September 2024 while utilizing the for-profit corporation "United Federation of Churches, LLC, d/b/a/ 'The Satanic Temple' ", ultimately abandoning further re-filings and appeals in October 2024 with no legal rulings in their favor.[57]
In February 2022, TST sued Newsweek magazine and its reporter Julia Duin, claiming defamatory coverage of the matter in an October 2021 article of the case, however, as of December 2024, all claims had been dismissed except for whether it was defamatory to quote someone speaking of sexual abuse occurring in the Temple and the question of whether The Satanic Temple was a public figure.[58][18]
In June 2022, TST threatened "The Satanic Housewife," a former member of the Austin chapter with a lawsuit for creating two TikTok video referring the suit against the Washington State defendants as "suing former members to make them be quiet about the stuff they experience while in The Temple" and about a sexual assault allegation in the Austin chapter she had been aware of.[59] The woman recorded the verbatim retraction TST's lawyers sent to her that month, but in November 2022, the Temple initiated a defamation lawsuit against her.[60]
As part of the litigation against the former Washington State members, TST admitted to using paid contractors to keep tabs on online critics, ostensibly to "flag defamatory comments for further review," which Atlantic journalist Helen Lewis also confirmed.[61][62]
Amidst a flurry of disaffiliations and resignations in May 2024, several state groups–including Colorado, Florida, and Minnesota–severed ties with the national TST organization and formed the independent Coalition of Satanic Congregations.[63][64][better source needed] Former members have criticized The Satanic Temple for how it handled dissenting Ministers in their Ministerial organization during the May 2024 schism.[citation needed]
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "The Day Satan Came to Oaklahoma". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 7.66. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "In the summer of 2018, TST underwent a major shift with numerous chapters breaking away to form their own Satanic groups. Such schisms are common in the history of new religious movements, but it is significant that these groups remained interested in Satanism as a progressive religious and political movement."
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "Religion or Trolls?". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 11.45. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "Daniel Walker of Satanic Bay Area, a group allied with TST, explained, "We have this assumption that religion and theism are synonyms. If you can just get [the public] to understand that distinction that's sort of the Rosetta stone.""
- ↑ "About Satanic Bay Area". "We believe in the Seven Tenets of the Satanic Temple, but we are not a TST chapter and have no direct affiliation with them. We have no relationship with SF-based Satanist groups like the Temple of Set or old Church of Satan. Satanists and non-Satanists of all stripes are free to join us as long as they support our ideals."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aggeler, Madeleine (2018-08-10). "A Guide to All the Drama Roiling the Satanic Community".
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- ↑ "History and background of the Global Order of Satan". "Officially formed on June 24th 2018, The Global Order of Satan was formed to be a worldwide collective of Satanists united under a shared set of life values & moral pillars. Our aim is to make the world we live in a better place through our actions and in doing so eliminate prejudice, injustice, and religious oppression."
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "Satanic Schisms". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 9.24. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "On August 4, the day after TST-UK departed, TST-Los Angeles announced that they were also leaving to form a new group that eventually became known as HelLa. In a statement, they specifically cited the Twitter lawsuit, which they viewed as a waste of resources, and the decision to work with Randazza. The statement read, "We believe Randazza is opportunistically using The Satanic Temple as both a shield and a lever as he continues to work on behalf of the alt-right, and we in the Los Angeles chapter want no part of this." It also cited, "the complete lack of racial diversity within leadership.""
- ↑ Anna Merlan "The Satanic Temple Is Engulfed in a Civil War Over a Decision to Hire an Attorney With a Stable of Alt-Right Clients" Jezebel, August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Joe Mullin "Bribery, gay porn, and copyright trolls: The rise and fall of lawyer Marc Randazza" Ars Technica, November 5, 2015.
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "Satanic Schisms". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 9.25. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "Bel Citoyen, a former chapter head for TST-Los Angeles ... also took issue with the position of "free speech absolutism" advocated by Greaves, arguing, "The right to free speech doesn't mean the right to a platform.""
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Spencer Sunshine (2024). Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason's Siege. Routledge. pp. 413–417. ISBN 9780429576010.
- ↑ "Social media and Satan: pitfalls of losing control of brand social media accounts". April 16, 2021. "The Satanic Temple’s Washington Chapter has three social media accounts, all of which were maintained and controlled by members of the Temple who were “approved administrators,” and whose actions were subject to a written Code of Conduct from the Temple. ... In March 2020, the defendant administrators left the Temple and took control of its social media pages. They removed all other administrators approved by the Temple – effectively locking the Temple out of the accounts – and posted manifestos claiming that Temple leadership are alt-right white supremacists who supported ableism and misogyny. The name of one secondary social media page was changed to “Evergreen Memes for Queer Satanic Friends.” On another social media page, they followed a number of extremist groups, in what the Temple characterized as an attempt to create a false impression of affiliation between the Temple and extremism."
- ↑ "Orgies, Harassment, Fraud: Satanic Temple Rocked by Accusations, Lawsuit". Newsweek. Oct 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Satanic Temple sues Newsweek for defamation". Legal NewsLine. Feb 28, 2022.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Volokh, Eugene (2023-03-09). "Most Libel Claims by The Satanic Temple Against Newsweek Dismissed, But Not Claim Over Sexual Abuse Allegations".
- ↑ "Coalition of Satanic Congregations".
- ↑ "The Satanic Temple and its Eternal Nobodies". 2024-05-28.
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "The Day Satan Came to Oklahoma". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 7.66. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "In the summer of 2018, TST underwent a major shift with numerous chapters breaking away to form their own Satanic groups. Such schisms are common in the history of new religious movements, but it is significant that these groups remained interested in Satanism as a progressive religious and political movement."
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "Religion or Trolls?". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 11.45. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "Daniel Walker of Satanic Bay Area, a group allied with TST, explained, "We have this assumption that religion and theism are synonyms. If you can just get [the public] to understand that distinction that's sort of the Rosetta stone.""
- ↑ "About Satanic Bay Area". "We believe in the Seven Tenets of the Satanic Temple, but we are not a TST chapter and have no direct affiliation with them. We have no relationship with SF-based Satanist groups like the Temple of Set or old Church of Satan. Satanists and non-Satanists of all stripes are free to join us as long as they support our ideals."
- ↑ High Priest Brian Werner resigns from The Satanic Temple , Dec. 23, 2014. “Now, I've got nothing but love for Doug [Lucien Greaves], man. You know, dude, you've been family to me since this thing started, but however this betrayal it's not going to be forgotten and effectively ruined any and all friendship that we once had. Rather than call me and talk to me, rather than reply to texts or have any contact of any kind, I get an email from the lawyers accepting my resignation with an attached six-page non-disclosure agreement. Really dude? After everything me and you have been through in the last three years—you've been a guest in several of my homes you know my wife. I've been a guest in yours. You've embraced me and called me brother. You couldn't even pick up a telephone and talk to me? You had to hide behind the lawyers? What is this Scientology?"
- ↑ Leader resigns from Satanic Temple, Jan. 5. 2015
- ↑ The woes of the Satanic Temple continue, Jan. 16, 2015.
- ↑ The Satanic Temple – My Resignation, Jan. 21, 2015
- ↑ Trolling Hell: Is the Satanic Temple a Prank, the Start of a New Religious Movement — or Both?, July 22, 2014. “Zach Black is a 38-year-old sushi chef in Northern California and a longtime Satanist. He started the Satanic International Network, the largest — though not the only — social media site for Satanists. He was a card-carrying member of the Church of Satan for nearly a decade, from 1994 to 2002. For the first few years after he joined, Anton LaVey was still alive. That made all the difference, Black says, and the church was much more “proactive.”
Black is one of a group of disaffected ex-Church of Satan members who believe Gilmore was never supposed to become the church’s next leader. LaVey wanted to pass the torch to a man named Boyd Rice, an artist and writer who was a close friend, Black says. “But he turned it down. He didn’t want to do it. I’m not sure why.”’’
- ↑ United Aspects of Satan FAQ
- ↑ Facebook post, May 7, 2017.
- ↑ Mary Doe Speaks: Her Story—The Satanic Temple, a Case Experience, Feb. 13, 2019
- ↑ The Satanic Temple Sought to Upend Missouri Abortion Law. Their Plans Went to Hell, May 18, 2019. MacNaughton's solution was an unusual one. In a letter sent to Doe dated July 5, 2016, MacNaughton proposed what amounted to gag order of his own client, with financial repercussions if she tried to meddle in the case.
As long as MacNaughton remained her attorney, the agreement stipulated that Doe "have no intentional contact with any member of the Satanic Temple" — which would include Nikki Moungo — and that MacNaughton retain "sole authority to make or authorize publicity" for the case.
There was another provision. If Doe tried to fire MacNaughton on her own, for any reason but "incompetence," the agreement made her liable for a $1,500 termination fee.
The agreement/gag letter sent by MacNaughton represented the last piece of direct communication between Doe and the Temple for nearly two years. After that, Doe says, "I got updates on the case through Google alerts."
- ↑ In haunted Salem, a Jewish church founder preaches the art of ‘Satanic’ social change, Oct. 26, 2016
- ↑ Alliance for Integrity and Justice Ltd., Massachusetts business No. 001325870, registered May 3, 2018. Cevin Soling is
- ↑ What the hell is “The Satanic Temple”?—Ep. 6: “Alliance for Integrity and Justice”, Nov. 2, 2023
- ↑ As Witness and Measure Taken, To Pronounce: The Satanic Temple — My Experience, Aug. 15, 2018. ‘’Co-founder and executive ministry member Malcolm Jarry issued a lit response, rejecting the candidate on the grounds he was a terrorist due to his involvement with “Students for Justice in Palestine” while at university. I was seriously taken aback at Jarry’s inflammatory, unreasoned, and emotionally charged response. Then another council member stepped forward and bravely admitted they too were, or had previously been, involved with the same organization. This council member questioned whether the temple was prepared to remove them from their council position, or should Jarry’s end-all, be-all ruling on the prospect remain in place? Though I campaigned for this wonderful candidate, the issue was simply ‘case closed’. If TST hierarchy cannot hold themselves to the same standards they hold potential chapter heads to, they are unworthy of their own position. To claim this person was a terrorist is truly concerning and potentially harmful hyperbole and sets as well terrible standards for an egalitarian, decentralized governing body.’’
- ↑ "JEX BLACKMORE INTERVIEW" (in en-US). 2020-11-02.
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "Satanic Schisms". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 9.24. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "On August 4, the day after TST-UK departed, TST-Los Angeles announced that they were also leaving to form a new group that eventually became known as HelLa. In a statement, they specifically cited the Twitter lawsuit, which they viewed as a waste of resources, and the decision to work with Randazza. The statement read, "We believe Randazza is opportunistically using The Satanic Temple as both a shield and a lever as he continues to work on behalf of the alt-right, and we in the Los Angeles chapter want no part of this." It also cited, "the complete lack of racial diversity within leadership.""
- ↑ Anna Merlan "The Satanic Temple Is Engulfed in a Civil War Over a Decision to Hire an Attorney With a Stable of Alt-Right Clients" Jezebel, August 7, 2018.
- ↑ Joe Mullin "Bribery, gay porn, and copyright trolls: The rise and fall of lawyer Marc Randazza" Ars Technica, November 5, 2015.
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock (2020-02-17). "Satanic Schisms". Speak of the Devil: How The Satanic Temple is Changing the Way We Talk about Religion. p. 9.25. doi:10.1093/oso/9780190948498.001.0001. ISBN 978-0190948498. "Bel Citoyen, a former chapter head for TST-Los Angeles ... also took issue with the position of "free speech absolutism" advocated by Greaves, arguing, "The right to free speech doesn't mean the right to a platform.""
- ↑ Satanic Portland, Aug. 15, 2018. The Portland Chapter is hereby withdrawing its membership from The Satanic Temple.
We sincerely appreciate the support we’ve received from our local community and while we are thankful for the greater community we have come to know through The Satanic Temple, we have lost all confidence in National Council’s ability to adequately address our concerns. We can no longer ally ourselves with TST. Our membership and leadership has decided that it is within our best interests to return to being Satanic Portland and no longer an affiliate of The Satanic Temple.
The lack of accountability and formal organizational structure in The Satanic Temple National Council and Executive Ministries has been a point of contention within our chapter for the last 2 years. As Chapters, we must always ask for National Council’s consent on our actions. There is no accountability for National Council or Executive Ministries.
- ↑ Global Order of Satan Facebook, page transparency.
- ↑ "Global Order of Satan".
- ↑ Joseph P. Laycock 9.19-9.23"
- ↑ "History and background of the Global Order of Satan". "Officially formed on June 24th 2018, The Global Order of Satan was formed to be a worldwide collective of Satanists united under a shared set of life values & moral pillars. Our aim is to make the world we live in a better place through our actions and in doing so eliminate prejudice, injustice, and religious oppression."
- ↑ “Hail Satan?”- a response, Sep. 12, 2019. At the beginning of 2018, we began to experience some issues with communications from TST’s National Council, and, after an incident where the Kreuzpflicht project was carried out without the National Council’s permission, one of our chapter heads was thrown out of TST entirely. It was at this point that the rest of us were given a choice, either carry on with TST, or go our own way.
Thanks to the bravery and quick thinking of our chapter heads, along with the help of other chapters in Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Israel, we decided to set up an organisation that would later be called The Global Order of Satan.
- ↑ Footnotes to The Atlantic’s: “A Satanic Rebellion – Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple”, Johnson and his friend Nathan Sullivan, who now organize under the name Queer Satanic, no longer defer to the air of mystery cultivated by the Temple. During our conversation, neither man used Greaves’s pseudonym, instead referring to him as Doug [Misicko]. They also endorse some critics’ description of the Temple as “Scientology for mall goths.” As for Greaves’s co-founder Malcolm Jarry, they pointed to a documentary that he made about a cargo cult in Vanuatu, in which he offers himself as the island’s long-prophesied messiah. (Jarry declined to be interviewed for this article.)
- ↑ Inside America's Satanist Movement, April 29, 2023. Meanwhile, ex-members of The Satanic Temple have founded the Global Order of Satan, whose British spokesman, an undertaker called Chaplain Leopold, says he left TST ‘after discovering things that I can’t go into, otherwise they’d sue me’.
- ↑ After Pushback, The Satanic Temple Will Revise Its Non-Disparagement Clause, Sep. 4, 2018. Recipient agrees that Recipient shall not make any statements, or take any other actions whatsoever, that disparage the goodwill, name, brand, or reputation of the Disclosing Party or its current or former founders, directors, employees, independent contractors, volunteers, donors, supporters, or contributors. For purposes of this Section, “disparage” shall mean any critical or negative statement, whether written or oral, about the foregoing parties. Examples of disparaging statements include, but are in no way limited to, statements that the aforenamed parties have been dishonest, acted fraudulently, misused funds, or otherwise engaged in unethical or dishonest behavior, or are associated with parties who engage in such behavior. This obligation shall be in effect at all times following the Effective Date of this Agreement, both during and after the termination of the Recipient’s relationship with Disclosing Party (in whatever capacity).
- ↑ Satanic Temple National Council meeting notes, Sep. 9, 2018.
3) Legal letters have been sent to ex-CHs who have violated NDA / AA terms a) We do not expect them to publicly respond but we will have responses / statements prepared, explaining the need for the legal letters and spelling out the ways in which they violated their signed agreements, in case something appears. b) We will be sure to get this information to chapter leadership as quickly as possible if something arises so they can help control responses online.
- ↑ National Council Announcement, Sep. 2, 2018. We sign NDAs provided by other parties as a matter of standard practice, any time we do long-form media pieces with production companies, or partner with any other organization or business to work upon a project together. We have had NDAs for as long as we’ve had affiliation agreements for chapters. The non-disparagement clause in our updated NDA uses broad language that is standard, and produces no risk for the members who sign. Any attempt on our part to enforce the non-disparagement clause for a trivial matter would be thrown out of court, especially if there was no measurable harm to our organization.
- ↑ Why I Left The Satanic Temple, Feb. 2, 2021. I am no longer a member of The Satanic Temple. I cannot say more due to NDA’s I have signed with TSTTA and TSTVHQ: I am not the person to get inside information from. It will get you a “No Comment”, I do not need a lawsuit.
- ↑ Information that's been asked about, July 25, 2014.
- ↑ United Federation of Churches LLC v. Johnson, April 2, 2030.
- ↑ "Orgies, Harassment, Fraud: Satanic Temple Rocked by Accusations, Lawsuit". Newsweek. Oct 29, 2021.
- ↑ Hell yes: Washington state court dismisses latest lawsuit by Satanic Temple targeting former members, Sep. 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Satanic Temple sues Newsweek for defamation". Legal NewsLine. Feb 28, 2022.
- ↑ Footnotes: “The Satanic Housewife” videos and legal threat by The Satanic Temple, June 20, 2022.
- ↑ Satanic Europe, Dec. 4, 2022, "The Freedom to Offend".
- ↑ Exhibit declaration of Rachel Chambliss — Document #42 , Attachment #1, Nov. 23, 2022. The pseudonymous Rachel Chambliss: "3. I joined TST as paid contractor in September of 2021. 4. My job for TST is to provide email administrative support. My job duties include answering emails to the general website, editing the TST monthly newsletter, and other special projects. Included in those special projects is monitoring social media for comments about TST. I look for both positive and negative comments and I flag defamatory comments for further review."
- ↑ Lewis, Helen (1 October 2023). "The Social-Justice Rebellion at the Satanic Temple". The Atlantic (Washington, D.C.: Emerson Collective). ISSN 2151-9463. OCLC 936540106. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ↑ "Coalition of Satanic Congregations".
- ↑ "The Satanic Temple and its Eternal Nobodies". 2024-05-28.
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