"Satanic abortions" purportedly protected by Religious Freedoms Restoration Act.

[Heyo]

It's what they do. For those who are unaware, they routinely stand up for religious freedom for us all by casting a very bright spotlight on how some religions get privileged over others. Here's a good article written by a scholar on their group as well as an example of some of their blessed work:

"One of the group’s political goals is to advocate for the value of the separation of church and state. Their strategy is to remind the public that if Christians can use government resources to assert their cultural dominance, then Satanists are free to do the same.

After Oklahoma installed a monument of the Ten Commandments at its State Capitol in 2012, the group demanded that their statue of a satanic deity, Baphomet, a winged-goat-like creature, be installed next to it.

The group received US$30,000 in donations from people around the country to build the statue.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the Ten Commandments monument removed."
From - What The Satanic Temple is and why it's opening a debate about religion​

That wasn't the only case. The reason that there aren't more Baphomet statues is that Christians, the moment they realize that religious rights might also apply to others, they are fast to waver theirs.

 

[ecco]

The general rule for claiming religion is that you can't use religion to claim an exception to a general law;

The concept is nothing new...

Pot Churches Are Getting Around State Marijuana Laws
Pot Churches Are Getting Around State Marijuana Laws
Churches that offer weed as a sacrament are proliferating, competing with medical marijuana dispensaries and even pot shops.
BF
By Barbara Feder Ostrov, California Healthline
January 2, 2018, 1:19pm

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer.

In between, there is the sacrament.

“Breathe deep and blow harder,” intoned Pastor Grant Atwell after distributing small marijuana joints to 20 worshipers on a recent Sunday afternoon. “Nail the insight down, whether you get it from marijuana or prayer. Consider what in your own life you are thankful for.”

The small room, painted black and gold and decorated with crosses and Rastafarian symbols, filled with pungent smoke after an hour-long service of Christian prayers, self-help slogans and inspirational quotes led by Atwell, a Campbell, Calif., massage therapist and photographer.

Despite its mainstream Christian trappings, the Coachella Valley Church describes itself as a Rastafarian church, something that’s tough to define. Rastafari is a political and religious movement that originated in Jamaica. Combining elements of Christianity, pan-Africanism and mysticism, the movement has no central authority. Adherents use marijuana in their rituals.

The church’s leaders say they believe that religious freedom laws give them the right to offer marijuana to visitors without a doctor’s recommendation—and without having to abide by any other regulations. Some courts and local authorities beg to differ.​

 

[ppp]

Man, the US is a weird thing.

Yes, we are!

 

[Rational Agnostic]

The concept is nothing new...

Pot Churches Are Getting Around State Marijuana Laws
Pot Churches Are Getting Around State Marijuana Laws
Churches that offer weed as a sacrament are proliferating, competing with medical marijuana dispensaries and even pot shops.
BF
By Barbara Feder Ostrov, California Healthline
January 2, 2018, 1:19pm

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Services at the Coachella Valley Church begin and end with the Lord’s Prayer.

In between, there is the sacrament.

“Breathe deep and blow harder,” intoned Pastor Grant Atwell after distributing small marijuana joints to 20 worshipers on a recent Sunday afternoon. “Nail the insight down, whether you get it from marijuana or prayer. Consider what in your own life you are thankful for.”

The small room, painted black and gold and decorated with crosses and Rastafarian symbols, filled with pungent smoke after an hour-long service of Christian prayers, self-help slogans and inspirational quotes led by Atwell, a Campbell, Calif., massage therapist and photographer.

Despite its mainstream Christian trappings, the Coachella Valley Church describes itself as a Rastafarian church, something that’s tough to define. Rastafari is a political and religious movement that originated in Jamaica. Combining elements of Christianity, pan-Africanism and mysticism, the movement has no central authority. Adherents use marijuana in their rituals.

The church’s leaders say they believe that religious freedom laws give them the right to offer marijuana to visitors without a doctor’s recommendation—and without having to abide by any other regulations. Some courts and local authorities beg to differ.​

Now that is a Christian church service that I would attend.

 

[Revoltingest]

No. there are limits. But as long as Roe vs Wade holds, there is no hard limit on abortion and thus an abortion can be performed as a religious act, including a satanic one.

If there are restrictions on abortions that haven't been struck
down, then it's certainly possible that a claim for religious
exemption won't hold water.

 

[SomeRandom]

It's what they do. For those who are unaware, they routinely stand up for religious freedom for us all by casting a very bright spotlight on how some religions get privileged over others. Here's a good article written by a scholar on their group as well as an example of some of their blessed work:

"One of the group’s political goals is to advocate for the value of the separation of church and state. Their strategy is to remind the public that if Christians can use government resources to assert their cultural dominance, then Satanists are free to do the same.

After Oklahoma installed a monument of the Ten Commandments at its State Capitol in 2012, the group demanded that their statue of a satanic deity, Baphomet, a winged-goat-like creature, be installed next to it.

The group received US$30,000 in donations from people around the country to build the statue.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ordered the Ten Commandments monument removed."
From - What The Satanic Temple is and why it's opening a debate about religion​

So.....They’re trolling irl for the greater good?
Cool!