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ZombieHorde

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23. I think the COS and the Satanic Temple are different organizations.
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 05:58 PM
Sep 2014

I don't know the politics of the Satanic Temple.

According to their website, their tenets are:

•One should strive to act with compassion and empathy towards all creatures in accordance with reason.
•The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.
•One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
•The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo your own.
•Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
•People are fallible. If we make a mistake, we should do our best to rectify it and resolve any harm that may have been caused.
•Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word


One of their campaigns seems to be a pro-choice campaign:

RIGHT TO ACCURATE MEDICAL INFORMATION
An increasing number of states have passed “informed consent” laws, requiring that women seeking abortions be subjected to state-mandated informational materials that are often false or misleading. We believe that personal decisions should be made with reference to only the best available, scientifically valid information. If you are a woman seeking an abortion who shares these deeply held beliefs, please print the letter below to present to your care-provider, informing him/her that you are to be exempted from receiving “informed consent” materials.


They have other women's health campaigns and marriage equality campaigns. I'm not convinced the Republican Party is right for them.

http://thesatanictemple.com/
Is this a joke? nt ladjf Sep 2014 #1
Nope. It's real. Gore1FL Sep 2014 #2
And by the way, Gore definitely won Florida before the criminal ladjf Sep 2014 #5
Satanic/satirical. candelista Sep 2014 #14
Their best work is in OK City!! n/t Gore1FL Sep 2014 #16
Oh, that's just friggin' perfect. louis-t Sep 2014 #3
I love this mcar Sep 2014 #4
Wait till radical jihadis use this law cosmicone Sep 2014 #6
They don't know how to read any laws to begin with... Amonester Sep 2014 #8
How would radical jihadis use this law? Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #12
Radical jihadis cosmicone Sep 2014 #13
It doesn't take a radical Muslim to invoke an Islamic prayer under this law Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #25
No one has a problem cosmicone Sep 2014 #26
Ayn Rand was one of the greatest influences on Anton La Vey founder of the Church of Satan. gordianot Sep 2014 #7
I think the COS and the Satanic Temple are different organizations. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #23
Fascinating group I am clearly not up on modern Satanist. gordianot Sep 2014 #28
Scott is the Devil, after all. Fuddnik Sep 2014 #9
K&R to the greatest page and help to get rid of Rick Scott! TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #10
Where is the Pasta? charliea Sep 2014 #11
I love it ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #15
I knew he was Freddie Kruger, I knew it. SummerSnow Sep 2014 #17
I always thought he was Skeletor!!!!! LongTomH Sep 2014 #18
Oh yea, him too. Scott wears many hats.lol SummerSnow Sep 2014 #20
You left out Fire Marshall Bill Hugabear Sep 2014 #21
By Gollum, the resemblance is uncanny! Blue Owl Sep 2014 #29
that is awesome. I thought it was going to be because of his other selfish policies though yurbud Sep 2014 #19
Satanists doing a good deed! If this doesn't get rid of Scott, I want a recount! TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #22
ABC mentioned it again but not on news program, I hope it's on the nooze later TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #24
Lol, that ought to get him the votes. notadmblnd Sep 2014 #27
Indeed.... TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #30
If I were his opponent, I'd launch a series of ads directed at Christian conservatives notadmblnd Sep 2014 #31
Exactly, but the FDP is not smart enough. They are running boring ads, while Scott hammers Crist. TheNutcracker Sep 2014 #32
His natural constituency. 6000eliot Sep 2014 #33
The devil lies in the details hifiguy Sep 2014 #34
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