A Pennsylvania federal judge ordered a state school district to allow The Satanic Temple to use its facilities for the After-School Satan Club amid an ACLU lawsuit.
The Baphomet statue is seen in the conversion room at the Satanic Temple where a"Hell House" is being held in Salem, Massachusetts, on Oct. 8, 2019.
issued a preliminary injunction requiring the district continue to give the After-School Satan Club the right to use its facilities "When confronted with a challenge to free speech, the government’s first instinct must be to forward expression rather than quash it. Particularly when the content is controversial or inconvenient. Nothing less is consistent with the expressed purpose of American government to secure the core, innate rights of its people," the ruling read."Although The Satanic Temple, Inc.
In its lawsuit, the ACLU of Pennsylvania noted that other religious organizations – namely those with Christian affiliations – were allowed to use the facilities without complaints, therefore creating a double standard.
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