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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two important points - one, the school district cannot legally refuse to rent to any group during non-school hours.  There aren't even any kids present, so it would be plain discrimination.

Another thing; the club is being super transparent about who they are, so that no one registers their kid and then finds out later.

So I don't see the problem. [b] It's not even a religious club[/b].[/quote]

What? That's the only basis for allowing it - nondiscrimination under the first amendment since the school allows other religious clubs after school.  Read the article, and the rationale of the school district and the law professor[/quote]

^ from the article: "University of Richmond law professor Jack Preis told WTKR that Chesapeake Public Schools don’t really have a choice when it come to allowing the Satan Club because if the school is going to allow one religious club to meet, all other clubs must be allowed — regardless of religion — thanks to the First Amendment."[/quote]

But the Satanic Temple is only religious in the sense of being....ironic or satirical, depending on how you look at it.  They don't worship Satan.  They seem to be mostly atheistic, or at least not Christian.  But there isn't any Satan worship or satanic ritual, or ritual of any kind.  It's mostly a metaphor and a way to draw attention to various issues they care about.  Most likely the club in the school is a way to bring attention to what has already been pointed out in this thread - that since Christians wanted so badly to have their religion in schools, they now have to have the Satanic Temple too.  It's like the opposite of owning the libs.[/quote]

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