Satanic Temple Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
December 5th, 2019
Back by popular First Amendment demand, the great gift of satanic knowledge will be shared for the second year running at the Illinois State Capitol rotunda. And once again, some religious lawmakers are not pleased.
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August 13th, 2019
The controversial Satanic Temple is back at it again, this time hosting its first Canadian 'black mass' ritual in an Ottawa bar. The controversial events are designed to make a statement about free speech but often draw more protesters than Satanists.
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December 13th, 2018
Move over, Christmas tree and Menorah. It’s time to make room for Satan. The Satanic Temple has earned a spot in the Illinois Capitol rotunda holiday display, where it has erected a 4 1/2-foot-tall sculpture depicting its own religious message.
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August 17th, 2018
The Satanic Temple protested a statue of the Ten Commandments outside the Arkansas State Capitol by unveiling their own monument to a popular Satanic figure. The incident unsurprisingly infuriated Christian lawmakers.
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September 14th, 2017
The Satanic Temple is filing a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, alleging that the state’s anti-abortion laws violate their religious beliefs. The conflict began when a Missouri resident and Satanic Temple member (referred to in the lawsuit as “Mary
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June 30th, 2017
A man has been accused of destroying a statue of the Ten Commandments that had been erected on the grounds of the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock less than 24 hours prior.
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October 26th, 2016
The U.S. constitution holds that religion and government must remain independent of one another. However, there’s no getting around America’s long, intertwined history of Christian religious tradition.
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