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They’re friends. They’re Satanists. They have a plan to save American democracy.
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The clinic is, despite its name, not only a stunt but also an audacious legal experiment. The temple claims abortion can be performed as a Satanic sacrament, and therefore is a legally protected religious ritual. They plan to use this to sue to reestablish abortion rights that have been rescinded in other states.
I love this. I love every bit of this, and I never realized the Satanists were "hacking" to this extreme.
Same with the vibes, and even the controversy.
Once a week, Greaves smokes a lot of weed and hosts a virtual movie marathon with viewers tuning in on the temple’s online channel, TST TV. Films can be anything from B horror movies to Christian romcoms — interspersed with scenes Greaves splices together, one minute a topless woman performing in front of bongos, the next dancing meatballs.
“The unbaptism is a way for us to separate from religious trauma from our previous religious lives,” Honey says. To “move more into ourselves and establish our own set of values and establish an opportunity to heal through ritual.”
“I have little to no background or history in Satanism,” he admits.