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Queer Satanic @[email protected] · 2024-07-30 · 23:39 UTC

#TheSatanicTemple's lawsuit against #Chicago implodes after minister splits org

Continuing fallout from recent tantrum by #TST owner Doug “#LucienGreaves” Misicko wrecks another legal case, this time over #invocations at Chicago City Council

A day before a status hearing was set to go before a federal judge for a religious discrimination lawsuit by #TheSatanicTemple, the attorney representing the infernal religious organization notified the judge that that would no longer be necessary, voluntarily ending the case for good.

> Plaintiffs The Satanic Temple and Adam Vavrick and Defendant City of #Chicago, through their respective counsel, hereby stipulate that pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 this case should be dismissed without costs or fees to either party.
-Stipulation to Dismiss – Document No. 35

The following day, July 24, Judge Joan Lefkow dismissed the cases with prejudice “with each party to bear its own costs and fees.”

#TheSatanicTempleInc. and #AdamVavrick, an ordained minister of the #SatanicTemple and a leader of the #TSTIllinois congregation, sought to deliver an invocation before a #ChicagoCityCouncil meeting. However, they were not invited after, TST claims, more than three years of asking to deliver an invocation and not being given an explanation for why they were not invited.

TST sued the city in federal court on May 3, 2023, alleging violations of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause.

We wrote about the background of this whole thing in December 2023 and again in May 2024; in the latter, we also made a bit of a prediction there at the very end in reference to the scheduled trial date:

“Given TST’s usual burn-through rate and the ongoing major schism centered on TST Ministry, it will also be interesting to see if ‘Minister of Satan Adam Vavrick’ is even still associated with TST and ordained by the time 2025 rolls around.”

And wouldn’t you know it, a little more than a month after we said that, the plaintiff Vavrick announced he’d left TST's #SatanicMinistry.

#Satanic #Satanism #lawsuits #failure

#thesatanictemple #chicago #tst #luciengreaves #invocations #thesatanictempleinc

Queer Satanic @[email protected] · 2024-07-24 · 05:07 UTC

Is it dead-naming to refer to “Lucien Greaves” as “Doug Misicko”?

No, it is not.

https://queersatanic.com/is-it-dead-naming-to-refer-to-lucien-greaves-as-doug-misicko/

Sometimes well-meaning people ask this question sincerely, but in practice, it usually feels like people raise and deploy the specter of dead-naming as a way to distract from all of the other criticisms of The Satanic Temple and its owners that are completely indefensible.

He is not calling himself names like “Greaves” or “Doug Mesner” out of a sincere desire to identify differently than his government name but because he is attempting to make it more difficult to hold him accountable as the owner of a collection of for-profit and tax-exempt corporations he solely or jointly controls totally.

Moreover, we’re still being sued by #TheSatanicTemple in ̷f̷e̷d̷e̷r̷a̷l̷ ̷c̷o̷u̷r̷t̷ ̷a̷n̷d̷ ̷n̷o̷w̷ King County Superior Court.

#TST is also still suing Newsweek and its reporter (but maybe not her anymore!) for writing about us. In addition, the #SatanicTemple is now suing a TikToker in Texas for talking about our case. Check the profile link for more.

#LucienGreaves #DougMesner #DougMisicko #DeadNaming

#thesatanictemple #tst #satanictemple #luciengreaves #dougmesner #dougmisicko

Queer Satanic @[email protected] · 2024-06-19 · 03:30 UTC

things are still going just great at The Satanic Temple, for anyone who was wondering about that.

https://old.reddit.com/r/SatanicTemple_Reddit/comments/1dj3tat/i_was_defrocked_removed_from_local_congregation/

Illustration by @sporkbot

#TheSatanicTemple #SatanicTemple #LucienGreaves

#thesatanictemple #satanictemple #luciengreaves

Queer Satanic @[email protected] · 2024-05-23 · 19:08 UTC

"What the hell is going on with The Satanic Temple right now?" a lot of TSTers are asking right now as multiple local groups break off (#TSTColorado is just the latest, joining #TSTFlorida, #TSTMinnesota, and #TSTAustralia).

You can come to your own conclusions, but here's the public conversation that's happened so far:

https://queersatanic.com/the-satanic-temple-and-its-eternal-nobodies/

#theSatanicTemple #SatanicTemple #TST #Satanism #LucienGreaves #Shittening

#tstcolorado #tstflorida #tstminnesota #tstaustralia #thesatanictemple #satanictemple

SLCW💥 @[email protected] · 2024-04-19 · 00:21 UTC

“Despite #DeSantis’ contempt for #religiousLiberty, the #Constitution guarantees our equal treatment under the law, and DeSantis is not at liberty to amend the Constitution by fiat, at whim. He just invited #Satanic #chaplains into #publicSchools, whether he likes it or not.” ~#LucienGreaves, co-founder of the #SatanicTemple

#FloridaFascism #Florida #GOPfascists #DeSantisDystpoia #FireRonDeSantis #DeSantisTheFascist #FFRF #FirstAmendment #ReligiousFreedom

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2971526/desantis-tussles-satanic-temple-school-chaplain-bill/

#desantis #religiousliberty #constitution #satanic #chaplains #publicschools

Queer Satanic @[email protected] · 2023-10-02 · 04:05 UTC

> "[The Satanic Temple] is supposed to be a religion, but really, it’s a corporation run by two dudes."

More on that here:
https://queersatanic.com/what-the-hell-is-the-satanic-temple-ep-5-the-satanic-temple-inc/

The Atlantic article "A Satanic Rebellion: Social justice collides with the Satanic Temple"
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/social-justice-rebellion-satanic-temple/675481/

Non-paywall link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20231001153341/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/social-justice-rebellion-satanic-temple/675481/

#TheSatanicTemple #SatanicTemple #Satanism #Satanic #LucienGreaves #ASatanicRebellion

#thesatanictemple #satanictemple #satanism #satanic #luciengreaves #asatanicrebellion

Queer Satanic @[email protected] · 2023-03-26 · 21:08 UTC

For those who don't know why it's bad reasoning to think, "Christian nationalists and fascists hate The #SatanicTemple and #LucienGreaves, therefore #TST must be good", please consult this article and listen to a few of the clips

https://queersatanic.com/lucien-greaves-and-the-satanic-temple-have-a-lot-to-answer-for/

#satanictemple #luciengreaves #tst