Some stories we'll try to get to/follow up on next week:

#WeLiveInHell: Newspaper gets clarity from #Idaho sheriff's office about why they mentioned #TheSatanicTemple in a press release about a sex offender's plea deal
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article289748209.html

Our recap from the week before:
https://queersatanic.com/the-satanic-panic-is-still-alive-in-idaho/

#ValleyCounty #VCSO #IdahoStatesman #SatanicPanic

#WeLiveInHell "Satanists march in Anchorage Pride Parade, proclaiming ‘Satan made me fabulous’
[reactionary site] https://alaskawatchman.com/2024/07/04/satanists-march-in-anchorage-pride-parade-proclaiming-satan-made-me-fabulous/

#TST hasn't done anything *wrong* here, but we think it's important to highlight how The Satanic Temple treats #GayPride as an issue versus, say, Black or Indigenous issues, or police brutality. The Temple's owners and sycophants will say other progressive issues are outside of TST's core mission or bring undue attention to those issues or whatever.

Why, other than easy money, is Gay Pride the exception for TST?

#WeLiveInHell Satanic Temple co-owner Doug "Lucien Greaves" Misicko gets a guard dog

- https://twitter.com/LucienGreaves/status/1807572728100081855
- https://twitter.com/LucienGreaves/status/1808954675548598295
- https://luciengreaves.substack.com/p/lucifer-the-protection-k9

How much of this is sincere paranoia and how much is just security theater, who can say?

You do have to wonder where the money for that guard dog for Misicko came from. Like, was it from his Patreon money, from TST's general fund, a gift from the other owner Cevin Soling, what?

#InformedDissent The Satanic Temple Inc. v Shelby County Board of Education close to an end

-https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68356813/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/?order_by=desc
-https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68356813/22/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/

Looks like the #FreedomFromReligionFoundation is about to get a good settlement for TST in their #ASSclub case.

From the original complaint, the #FFRF is only asking for $1 plus attorney's fees
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68356813/1/the-satanic-temple-inc-v-shelby-county-board-of-education/

> Nominal Damages
> 215. The Satanic Temple requests an entry of judgment for nominal damages in the amount of $1 for violations of its constitutional rights.
>
> Attorneys’ Fees and Costs
> 216. The Satanic Temple requests an order awarding it the costs of this action, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, under 42 U.S.C. § 1988.

It's true that Satanists have an uphill battle in courts, but this is more evidence that The Satanic Temple is to blame for most of its court failures, rather than "corrupt judges"

The FFRF filed a competent complaint with specific quotes/citations rather than bald assertions, and, maybe even more importantly, their legal team seemed to actively be seeking a favorable settlement rather than trying to be the biggest douchebags possible.

(The Satanic Temple is bad at that.)

#Tennessee #ShelbyCounty #Satanism #Lawsuits #TheSatanicTemple