School district to fork over $200K to settle Satanic Temple lawsuit and allow 'After School Satan Club' events

[Demovictory9]

https://nypost.com/2023/11/20/news/pa-school-district-settles-satanic-temple-lawsuit/

An eastern Pennsylvania school district has agreed to fork out $200,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit from The Satanic Temple — and allow students to attend controversial After School Satan Club meetings on school facilities.

The Saucon Valley School District agreed to pay $200,000 in attorney’s fees while vowing to provide the club with the same access to campuses as other organizations get, despite previous fiery protests.

The district, about 60 miles north of Philadelphia, had initially agreed to allow school facilities to be used for the After School Satan Club, whose motto is “Educatin’ with Satan.”

It was accused of discriminating earlier this year when it withdrew permission following a fierce public outcry, culminating in protests and even a threat in February that led to schools shutting down for a day.

[obamanut2012]

1. Good!

[TomSlick]

2. An appropriate response.

If the school has a lawyer who knew about the ban in advance and did not throw a fit, they committed malpractice.

[FreeState]

3. Sounds like a cool club (link)

https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/after-school-satan

EDUCATIN’ WITH SATAN
The After School Satan Club does not believe in introducing religion into public schools and will only open a club if other religious groups are operating on campus. ASSC exists to provide a safe and inclusive alternative to the religious clubs that use threats of eternal damnation to convert school children to their belief system. Unlike our counterparts, who publicly measure their success in young children's "professions of faith," the After School Satan Club program focuses on science, critical thinking, creative arts, and good works for the community. While engaged in all of these activities, we want clubgoers to have a good time.

AFTER SCHOOL SATAN CLUB MISSION
Proselytization is not our goal, and we’re not interested in converting children to Satanism. After School Satan Clubs will focus on free inquiry and rationalism, the scientific basis for which we know what we know about the world around us.

We prefer to give children an appreciation of the natural wonders surrounding them, not a fear of everlasting other-worldly horrors.

[Demovictory9]

4. The motto is hilarious. "Educatin' with Satan."