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As Christian “release time” programs have had success in public schools, particularly in Ohio, The Satanic Temple (TST) is seeking to enter public schools with its own release time programming. Release time is a voluntary program students can sign up for during the school day when they can be taken to an off-campus site to…

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In a move raising eyebrows among Christian communities, The Satanic Temple is introducing a new after-school religious program for elementary-aged students at Edgewood Elementary School in Marysville, Ohio. Known as the “Hellion Academy of Independent Learning,” or “HAIL,” the program has stirred significant debate since being approved as part of the school’s release time religious…

Convicted sexual predator Kevin Halfmann, who is scheduled to remain incarcerated at least through 2030, says his constitutional rights have been violated since Illinois state prison officials won’t permit him to study the Satanic Bible. Halfmann’s arguments were not well-received Monday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald Wilkerson, according to Jesse Bogan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper. “He hobbled…

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