“After-School Satan Club” could be coming for your child Illinois School under fire for allowing one
An Illinois school district is under fire for allowing an ‘after-school Satan Club’ program being offered by The Satanic Temple.
Parents are outraged after a flyer inviting Jane Addams Elementary students ages 6 to 11 to an after school Satan Club circulated social media this week.
According to Satanic Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves, “This is an educational program meant to focus on critical thinking and just basic education skills.”
Dr. Rachel Savage, the superintendent for Moline-Coal Valley Schools, said the school and its teachers are not involved in the club. Flyers were placed in the lobby of the school and parents must sign a permission slip to allow their children to attend, just as they do for Boys and Girls Scouts or any other club.
She said the Board of Education allows its facilities to be used for community use.
“To illegally deny their organization to pay to rent our publicly-funded institution, after school hours, subjects the district to a discrimination lawsuit, which we will not win, likely taking thousands upon thousands of tax-payer dollars away from our teachers, staff and classrooms,” Savage said in a statement Wednesday, Jan. 12.
While many online seemed shocked that such a club could exist, After School Satan Clubs have existed for years. In 2016, the Washington Post reported that the Satanic Temple was planning After School Satan Clubs in public schools across the country, from New York to Arizona.
