TL;DR - #TheSatanicTemple’s federal lawsuit against four former members is ongoing
They can’t be allowed to use their power to intimidate others, but in order to match their wealth & resources, we need your help
https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-fund-for-victims-of-satanic-temple1
Tweets:
https://twitter.com/deus_ex_lasagna/status/1401792170433028098
ThreadReader version:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1401792170433028098.html
Medium:
https://medium.com/@queersatanic/satanic-temple-torments-its-queer-satanic-heretics-d4cbded192ba
“#TheSatanicTemple, an allegedly progressive religion that claims to fight religious overreach, is secretly spending tens of thousands in litigation to target former members after TST's owners were criticized on FB for a pattern of failing to live up to their own professed tenets”
The Satanic Temple is suing four former members in federal court over criticism of them made on a Facebook page.
We got the case dismissed once already, but it's a SLAPP* suit so they've re-filed because the whole point is to waste our money defending against silly arguments.
*Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation
https://www.socialactuality.com/post/schism-the-satanic-temple-a-lawsuit-and-the-necessity-of-clear-minded-settlement
Exploring the details of a lawsuit filed by the Satanic Temple against four former members. The details of the litigation and legitimacy (or lack thereof) of the claims are discussed. Additionally, tertiary matters such as the importance of reaching settlement when appropriate and the morality of certain types of protest actions are covered.
FAQs
Question: Wait, why is the Satanic Temple suing you?
Answers:
A little more detailed: https://queersatanic.tumblr.com/post/651836199072333824/hey-i-know-you-have-probably-mentioned-this-on
More detailed, more about TST also suing Newsweek for writing about all this, plus our invoices:
https://queersatanic.com/the-costs-of-defending-yourself-from-the-satanic-temple/
Q: Can I know even more about The Satanic Temple, its owners, how they're structured, and other lawsuits they're involved in?
A: Oh boy, you sure can:
https://the.satanic.wiki/
Q: Can I see all the court documents from this case for myself?
A. Absolutely.
1. PACER's Western District of Washington, 2:20-cv-00509: https://pacer.uscourts.gov
2. CourtListener docket: https://courtlistener.com/docket/17042463/united-federation-of-churches-llc-v-johnson/
3: The wiki:
https://the.satanic.wiki/index.php?title=United_Federation_of_Churches_LLC_v._Johnson_et_al
Q: At least this is the only questionable thing The Satanic Temple is up to, right?
A: Oh, you sweet summer child.
-https://queersatanic.com/why-you-havent-left-the-satanic-temple/
-https://queersatanic.com/this-invoice-reveals-the-inner-workings-of-the-satanic-temples-finances/
When it comes to The Satanic Temple, there's always more and it's always worse.
For a long time, it’s been known that The Satanic Temple’s co-owner Lucien Greaves once went on an antisemitic rant about how the Nazis ruined the word antisemitism for everyone and that it was “OK to hate Jews” so long as you were hating observant Jews.
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