Post by High Priestess on Jan 26, 2018 7:05:24 GMT
Missouri has some of the nations strictest abortion laws, which may be thanks to evangelical Christians in that state. Enter the Satanic Temple, a group of atheists who view "Satan" as an "outsider" figure, who are suing for abortion rights for one of their members in Missouri.
www.sfgate.com/news/article/Woman-says-Missouri-s-strict-abortion-regulations-12521612.php
"The life of each human being begins at conception. Abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being." Missouri's booklet reads, as cited in the court complaint.
But the Satanic Temple has a set of tenets that stipulate that a woman's body "is inviolable and subject to her will alone";
The group, whose founders describe themselves as atheists who don't believe in a literal Satan but instead identify with the figure's role as an outsider, have been involved in political demonstrations before, particularly those that challenge the creep of religious ideas into the public sphere.
In 2015, the group claimed some credit after a court ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol. They were not a party to that lawsuit, but the group's plan to situate a statue of the Baphomet, a half-goat, hermaphroditic idol that is popular in the world of the occult, near the monument on religious-freedom grounds "may have forced the court's hand," according to the New York Times
Sounds like sometimes "Satanists" can be more sensible than Christians.
www.sfgate.com/news/article/Woman-says-Missouri-s-strict-abortion-regulations-12521612.php
"The life of each human being begins at conception. Abortion will terminate the life of a separate, unique, living human being." Missouri's booklet reads, as cited in the court complaint.
But the Satanic Temple has a set of tenets that stipulate that a woman's body "is inviolable and subject to her will alone";
The group, whose founders describe themselves as atheists who don't believe in a literal Satan but instead identify with the figure's role as an outsider, have been involved in political demonstrations before, particularly those that challenge the creep of religious ideas into the public sphere.
In 2015, the group claimed some credit after a court ordered the removal of a Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol. They were not a party to that lawsuit, but the group's plan to situate a statue of the Baphomet, a half-goat, hermaphroditic idol that is popular in the world of the occult, near the monument on religious-freedom grounds "may have forced the court's hand," according to the New York Times
Sounds like sometimes "Satanists" can be more sensible than Christians.