Satanic Temple objects to governorâs push for more religion in schools and says members could act as student chaplains
Dark messengers of satanism could soon be walking the hallways of Floridaâs public schools, and itâs a consequence of hard-right governor Ron DeSantisâs push for more religion in education.
Members of the Satanic Temple say they are poised to act as volunteer chaplains under a state law that took effect this week opening campuses to âadditional counseling and support to studentsâ from outside organizations.
Although HB 931 leaves the implementation of chaplain programs to individual school districts, and only requires schools to list a volunteerâs religion âif anyâ, DeSantis has made clear its intent is to restore the tenets of Christianity to public education.
Without the bill, DeSantis said at its signing in April: âYouâre basically saying that God has no place [on campus]. Thatâs wrong.â
The satanists see the law, which comes amid a vigorous theocratic drive into education by the religious right nationally, as an equal opportunity: if Christian chaplains are permitted access to students, often at the most vulnerable and impressionable stages of their lives, then so are they.
Love it, thank you so much for the giggle.
As someone brought up initially in a primary RC school I always find the fact that while they had a top notch reputation for giving you a âbetter educationâ than general comprehensive schools really ironic because their science dept actually taught me, that there are no fairies in the sky and itâs actually where we end up, as Earth burps đšïž
I for one welcome these chaplins, elves, and umpa lumpas in our RC schools. Gives a bit of diversity.
*typo
