Posted on 09/07/2021 5:58:14 AM PDT by Red Badger
Texas’ recent bill banning most abortions after six weeks may be upended by perhaps the most unexpected group of all, religious zealots who embrace the name Satan.
The Satanic Temple has established a “religious abortion ritual” that they claim will be trampled on given the Texas law enacted in May that bans abortions at six weeks once a baby’s heartbeat can be detected.
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 does generally prohibit government involvement in the exercise of a person’s religion and 21 states have enacted such laws in their respective states including Texas. One notable case argued under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act was the Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. that held that the crafter’s paradise was not bound to foot the bill for insurance coverage for contraceptive services as it was in conflict with the organization’s sincerely held Christian beliefs that life begins at conception and to do so would be a violation thereof.
The Satanic Temple has leapt to their congregant’s defense in supporting abortion, denouncing the new law on social media and explaining that they will continue to provide the Satanic Abortion Ritual within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
TST stands ready to assist any member who shares our deeply-held religious convictions regarding the right to reproductive freedom. Accordingly, we encourage any member who resides in TX and wishes to undergo the Satanic Abortion Ritual within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy(1/3)
— The Satanic Temple (@satanic_temple_) September 3, 2021
to contact The Satanic Temple so we may help them fight this law directly. SB8 does not allow for lawsuits or enforcement of penalties against a woman seeking an abortion. (2/3)
— The Satanic Temple (@satanic_temple_) September 3, 2021
Instead, SB8 is cynically designed to avoid judicial review of the law and creates enforcement mechanisms against TST and its lawyers who dare challenge the law. We will not be cowed into silence by an unjust law or a tyrannical state government. (3/3)
— The Satanic Temple (@satanic_temple_) September 3, 2021
The non-theistic group announced the ritual on August 5, 2020, in a video released to their website that begins with a statement, “The Satanic Temple advances many just causes that advance the rights of our members.”
The group describes it as “a ceremony rooted in our deeply-held beliefs. This ritual may be performed by our members as a way to fortify self-worth, instill confidence and provide spiritual comfort. The performance of the Satanic abortion ritual is protected by religious liberty laws. It exempts Satanists from fulfilling any medically unnecessary and unscientific requirement, such as mandatory waiting periods or unwanted sonograms, that interferes with the practice of our ritual.”
Reactions to the announcement showed most people raised an eyebrow at the announcement, and though pro-choice leftists are in favor of abortion, this might not be the group they were hoping would spearhead the cause.
Not sure this is the endorsement us pro choicers are looking for.
— Jeff Leon (@jeffaleon) September 4, 2021
The @ChurchofSatan considers #abortion a satanic ritual and therefore deserves religious protection. It’s nice to see someone on the left for once admitting that abortion is satanic.
— Thanos (@vikodlak) September 5, 2021
Some reactions were purely ironic.
God Bless Satan.
— apeirogonal apama (@digitaldeath) September 3, 2021
But even some Christians appeared to be in support of their satanic ritual, arguing that it would be a benefit to have the Supreme Court firm up the separation of church and state with a ruling in this case.
Honestly, as a Christian, I would like them to take their case all the way to the supreme court and make it official once and for all that separation of Christian church and state must be made irrefutable law.
— Jenna Fawn Brown (@JennaFawnBrown) September 5, 2021
Ping!................
OMG!! As I have said for years, DEMOCRATS ARE EVIL!!!
Satan’s army continues to gain power in the US.
I knew the Left would hide their desire to murder unborn babies behind “religious freedom”.
This is THE case which NEEDS to reach the Supreme Court.
It will be the ultimate last word on where this country stands with God.
See my tag line
A return to Child Sacrifice. Baal and Mooloch would be greatly pleased, if they were real.
1 Corinthians 8:4
we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.—St Paul
We’ll, let’s start a religious ritual sacrificing members of temple in a game run, hide, shoot.
Ironically appropriate.
Planed parenthood in panic mode of losing government funding for Murder Inc. massive propaganda programs ensue.
Liberals follow orders
It’s Satan’s ritual human sacrifice to him on the alter of convenience.
He gets power from each abortion and has created industries and institutions based upon it and the harvest from it.
Given the court challenges, perhaps now is the right time for Satan, himself, to step out from the shadows and demand his sacrifice be continued.
Looking at Scripture, I have to wonder how bad do we have to be for how long before His Cup overflows and the sky falls on us?
Seems like/Feels like we gotta be close to something supernatural.
Maybe the world will experience “The Warning” soon, as foretold at Garabandal.
If we’re not ready now, I’m afraid to ask how much more ready will we need to be. I have no doubt that we’ll get there soon.
RUSH always called it the Left’s ‘Holy Sacrament’...........he was right..................
I miss Rush every day, but I am happy he’s in a much better place now.
How true!! But now they SELL the BABY PARTS!!!
”No longer controversial, it is becoming a source of hope to many searching for a second chance for the world.“
I am one of them. I’m so ready/not ready for this event and more so every day.
We need this cold slap to shake us loose from the hysteria of our patterns, beliefs and assumptions … before it’s too late for too many.
It is fitting that abortionists would select a aatanic temple as a base camp for their part of the abortion argument. What is more satanic than reaching inside a woman’s body to slaughter her developing child?
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