The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that the Saucon Valley School District had agreed to pay $200,000 in attorney’s fees and to provide The Satanic Temple and the After School Satan Club it sponsors the same access to school facilities as is provided to other organizations.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit in March after the district rescinded its earlier approval to allow the club to meet following criticism. The After School Satan Club, with the motto “Educatin’ with Satan,” had drawn protests and even a threat in February that prompted closure of district schools for a day and the later arrest of a person in another state.
Saucon Valley school district attorney Mark Fitzgerald told reporters in a statement that the district denies having discriminated against The Satanic Temple, its club or “the approximately four students” who attended its meetings. He said the district’s priorities were education and the safety of students and staff.
Four students and Satan, facing down the ISD. You GO guys!
This is what patriotism looks like. These are the heros fighting for freedom.
After going back on its word, insulting a minority of students, and paying at least $200,000, they’ll now allow the program! Fucking geniuses there in Saucon Valley administration.
The Saucon Valley administration thanks the taxpayers for their generous donation to the After School Satan Club.
As it always goes.
I guess they can Saucon it, amiright?
I bet we’ll see a small town like this one eventually introduce an ordinance to ban “Satanism” within city limits. And they will see nothing wrong reconciling that with the Constitution.
Saucon? Saucon deez nuts.
After School Satan club? ASS club. Nice.
If you want to teach about God in schools.
Then you have to include all the gods. The old, the new, the spaghetti, the fallen, etc.
On a completely trivial note: who the hell estimates a number that small? Approximately 4? Just count them, it’s not hard.
Jerry doesn’t show up on Wednesdays or Fridays and Susan only goes on Wednesday.
So that’s 2. Who else goes inconsistently?
This isn’t a count of how many were there each day, it is how many participated.
Maybe it’s variable?
It’s a count of how many attended. So I would assume the number is set.
Timmy stopped showing up after January and Blake only comes every third Tuesday. 👀 Who cares?
Counting is hard like real hard.
It’s satan. Doesn’t really count as a student, but likes to hang out the school with the 3 in his club. So… approximately four…
Add another to the “win” column for TST.
Hail Satan!
Thanks bro.
Is it true that hell is full of hot gay demons? 🥺👉👈
No. Hell isn’t real.
Disappointing.
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I’m guessing the after school Jesus club didn’t draw any objections.
I’ve been following this story for a while, and no, the school and the surrounding community didn’t have a problem with the Christian club. Early on (iirc) the school claimed they denied the Satan club because they handed out fliers in school, against the rules for religious clubs, even though the Christian club did the same thing.
Of course not. In the US, you have the freedom to choose how you worship the One True Religion™.
There was a “Fellowship of Christian Athletes” when I was in high school. I wasn’t an athlete, but as a Jew, I doubt I would have been welcome anyway.
Technically, this was the objection.
You can donate to TST, it’s an insane sane choice in a sane insane world.
Teachable moment for the school district 🤣
Burning well over $200k will do that. But I’m sure some “mom” that doesn’t even have kids in that school district will try something to disrupt the new club
Lmao
Beautiful.
Common TST W
$200,001. IIRC, $1 in damages.
Back in the 60s my best friend started the “organization for atheists” OFA for short. This was in response to the young christians group. They even had a cheer OFA, OFA, OFA goodness sakes!!!
lmao the jab with “approximately four” man fuck y’all
