Satanic Temple open after-school Satan club

Records obtained by JudicialWatch from the Treasury Department show that the “After School Satan Club” applied for tax-exempt status on October 21, 2014 and received it on October 31, 2014.

According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch, the principle goal of establishing the Satan clubs in public schools throughout Washington State appears to be to counter existing enterprises operated by a Christian-based group. Documents obtained by Judicial Watch include the process of establishing an after-school Satan club at Point Defiance Elementary in Tacoma. The entity behind the club is a nonprofit called Reason Alliance, which is based in Somerville, Massachusetts, and operates in Washington State as the Satanic Temple of Seattle.

Its director, Lilith X. Starr, established the Point Defiance Elementary Satanic club, the records show. In its application the club states that its purpose is “character development” and that adult instructors are vetted by the Satanic Temple’s “Executive Ministry.” Children ages 5-12 will develop basic critical reasoning, character qualities, problem solving and creative expression, according to the Satanic Temple filings included in the documents. The club logo is a pencil with devil’s horns.

One of the weird thing about it is that the Satanic club only wanted to have their after schools in the same areas as the Christian Good News Clubs were located. JudicialWatch found out that two weeks after they opened the school, no one signed up, despite the fact that the IRS fast-tracked their non-profit tax-exempt status.