The Global Order of Satan wish to congratulate the members of the former TST UK chapter on their recent decision to disaffiliate from The Satanic Temple. We know from experience such conclusions are not easily reached. It takes fearless introspection to discard dearly held loyalties, and your immediate reward is likely to be revisionism, rejection, and abuse from those who once called themselves your allies. We applaud your courage and integrity, and we offer our solidarity. Our own Order was also emancipated by unanimous vote, after failing to reconcile the actions of Executive Ministry and National Council with the cherished tenets that once united us. Unfortunately, the gulf between those stated ideals and the behaviour of those atop TST's hierarchy clearly remains vast, and represents nothing less than a wholesale disregard for the ideology they claim to espouse.

We all know former TST members who have been on the receiving end of institutional bullying, gaslighting and legal thre

Following the announcement by The Satanic Temple UK to disassociate from TST in the wake of TST founder Lucien Greaves behavior in parading a known transphobe around TST HQ, I'd just like to note that GOS are here, we share a lot of values. If you have questions, I can help.

From the Guardian UK:

With the US besieged by a rightwing culture war campaign that aims to strip away rights from LGBTQ+ people and others, blame tends to be focused on Republican politicians and conservative media figures.

But lurking behind efforts to roll back abortion rights, to demonize trans people, and to peel back the protections afforded to gay and queer Americans is a shadowy, well-funded rightwing legal organization, experts say.

Since it was formed in 1994, Alliance Defending Freedom has been at the center of a nationwide effort to limit the rights of women and LGBTQ+ people, all in the name of Christianity. The Southern Poverty Law Center has termed it an “anti-LGBTQ hate group” that has extended its tentacles into nearly every area of the culture wars.

In the process, it has won the ear of some of the most influential people in the US, and become “a danger to every Americ

Soul Survivor: Church knew about ‘teen massages’ for 19 years The founder of the Christian youth festival Soul Survivor was first reported to senior Church of England figures for allegedly inappropriate behaviour almost 20 years ago, it can be revealed. (Times - Paywalled)

Spain's Catholic Church finds hundreds of alleged child abusers over eight decades An investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 728 alleged abusers and 927 victims since the 1940s, according to its first report. (Reuters)

[First study of clerical abuse in Brazil calls known cases ‘tip of the iceberg’](https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2023/06/first-study-of-cleric

More troubling developments from religionists trying to use their beliefs to justify spreading bigotry.

"[Mrs Justice Eady] qualified these rights and warned they were not without limits.

Specifically this relates to when "such manifestation or expression" infringed on the rights and freedoms of others."

Whatever happened to the rights of children to be taught accurately and without the censorship of religious prudes? There may be plenty of biblical precedent for controlling people by keeping them in ignorance to shape their thinking — but this is never appropriate in schools.

We at GOS say: if you don't feel comfortable with your kids learning the school's curriculum in its entirety, then you do not have your childrens' best interests at heart. Knowledge is power — far from "brainwashing children" these critics' objections stem from deep insecurities about the nature of their faith. Denying knowledge to your children will only grant you temporary power over them: when they learn t

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