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I love this as a "society hack."

Write exceptions for religious sacraments into law? Outlaw abortion ostensibly as a secular matter? Fine, abortion is now a sacrament for our religion.

It forces a dillema upon courts and the state:

• Tolerate a legal loophole for abortion, which may spread out of control.

• Write in more specific exceptions to religeous freedom, and open a legal can of worms with the Constitution.

• Explicitly codify the law for "recognized" religions like specific forms of Christianity, instead of doing it with a wink an a nod while acting like its for all religions. This is also a can of worms.

I didn't know about this aspect of the Satanic Temple until this year, and now I absolutely love it. It makes me want to join, if only to throw a monkey wrench in the aspects of religion that have crept into law.

Who doesn't want a good sacrifice to Moloch?

That was neither good nor long. It was a read at least, a very biased one at fhat.

I'm atheist but I don't think this can stand up in court. I can't make the "Church of Punch a Nazi." and get free reign to punch Nazis. The law considers it assault despite my religion.