Posted on 12/16/2019 8:11:23 AM PST by Gritty
“Satanic Temple” study group has been approved by top brass at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. But according to the Navy Times, while academy officials had provided the group with a room on campus for “study,” someone announced via e-mail that the group would be holding “satanic services” on campus, a revelation that prompted clarification from academy officials.
“A group of Midshipmen with beliefs aligned with those practiced by the Satanic Temple ... requested a space where they could assemble to discuss and share their common beliefs,” Cmdr. Alana Garas, an academy spokeswoman, explained. However, she added, “the request was for a ‘study group’ space, not for holding ‘satanic services.’”
The Satanic Temple has been recognized by the IRS for tax-exempt status as a church. The organization “engages in religious and political activities, most of which reflect a left-wing ideology and individual centered self-worship,” reported CNSNews.com.
In 2017, reported CNSNews, the Satanic Temple group “held a Satanic Mass apparently to demonstrate its opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump. The mass reportedly included an invocation ritual, a destruction ritual, and a bloodletting ritual.”
Lucien Greaves, one of the Satanic Temple’s founders, ... charged that if the academy intends to ban midshipmen “of a particular belief from holding services because their church speaks to social issues of political relevance,” then it must also “deny the services of Catholics for their church's political lobbying against abortion, the services of Mormons for their political activism related to gay marriage, and most every Protestant denomination for both.”
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Give each member the boot.
The First Amendment protects their right to worship freely but this is just Ewwwwwwwww.
Fitting since McCain is buried there.
Satanists deceive…who would imagine?
Put them in the same room with a bunch of Muslims.
Time for an old-fashioned “shunning” by the Midshipmen.
Our armed forces do not need their respect besmirched by clowns such as those idiots.
Disgusting.
Where is the Congressional group?
Bet some familiar names would be found there....
The Commandant should tell them that if the satanists are looking for a meeting place, they can go to hell.
When you join “the US military”:
You are becoming a member of the Armed Wing of the Forces of Globalism.
It’s NOT military of America.
You will be working to destroy borders, advance collectivism, low wages, enforce the ideas of Hollywood and Silicon Valley digital media.
It’s is NOT the American military.
SO they have an Islamic(SATANIST) group in the Naval Academy.
This is news?
The country will not have any advantages with Satan. Only destruction. Fools.
When I was in the Navy, back in the 70s, my roommate in the barracks was a satanist. After some discussion, I promised not to try to burn him, and he promised not to try to sacrifice me. We both slept better after that. We had some lively discussions, and on the whole, I’d much rather have a satanist as a roommate than an atheist. I haven’t seen him in 40 years, I wonder if he grew out of it?
Whiskey - Tango - Foxtrot, Over.
Kick them out
Sorry but if you want to worship Satan you gotta go join the Islamic jihad
And then of course get killed by the forces of good
I cannot see why you call them idiots, since they are smart enough to get to the academy. Second, since you are taking a point as a christian, do you call a besmirching, because jews are service members?? Lastly, you might not know, that USAR has since 1975, in the chaplains manual, had directives on how to conduct Pagan religious services?
what happened to the best and the brightest?
They should be warned that they will be prosecuted in accordance with UCMJ Article 88 (Contempt toward elected officials) if they want to get involved in politics.
They can leave the Academy, pay back the cost incurred, and not be subject to the UCMJ.
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