Satanic Church to volunteer as chaplains in Florida to protest in-school proselytizing

[FilleMondaine]

Started a new thread about combatting the churches proselytizing in schools. I read in the Guardian that the Satanic Temple is taking up Ron DeSantis's new offer for chaplains to come into schools. Apparently, they are supposed to support but not proselytize, but everyone knows that is just lip service.

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Although HB 931 leaves the implementation of chaplain programs to individual school districts, and only requires schools to list a volunteer’s religion “if any”, DeSantis has made clear its intent is to restore the tenets of Christianity to public education.

Without the bill, DeSantis said at its signing in April: “You’re basically saying that God has no place [on campus]. That’s wrong.”

When the Temple pressed, 

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“If chaplains are not expected to push their religion onto students, why would DeSantis and others be so concerned about barring chaplains from disfavored minority religions? The assurance that the law will not favor Christian chaplains has been a bald-faced lie from the start.”

 

Over here in Ohio, The Satanic Temple has shown up in schools where Christian groups have colonized.

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In spite of the uproar, the Satan Club appears to be on solid legal ground. Donovan Elementary has provided space for a Christian Good News program for years.

 

Edited July 11 by Coconut Flan