Posted on 08/08/2020 6:57:23 PM PDT by ransomnote
The Satanic Temple (TST) claimed that religious freedom laws ought to exempt them from state abortion restrictions because some of their members regard first-trimester abortion as a religious ritual.
As reported by Salt Lake City ABC affiliate KUTV, TST said in a press release that it “bases its assertions of abortion mandate exemptions on the protections provided by State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts or RFRA, which generally prohibits the government from substantially interfering with a person’s free exercise of religion.
According to the announcement on their website, which bears the slogan “Thyself Is Thy Master,” TST claims abortion can be a religious rite for some Satanists because “the Satanic abortion ritual provides spiritual comfort and affirms bodily autonomy, self-worth, and freedom from coercive forces with the affirmation of TST’s Seven Tenets.”
“The ritual is not intended to convince a person to have an abortion. Instead, it sanctifies the abortion process by instilling confidence and protecting bodily rights when undergoing the safe and scientific procedure,” it added.
The ritual itself involves gazing at one’s reflection in a mirror prior to either a medically-induced or surgical abortion and affirming aloud the TST tenets that “One’s body is inviolable, and subject to one’s own will alone,” and “Beliefs should conform to one’s best scientific understanding of the world,” and “One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one’s beliefs.”
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Ok. That’s it. People need to die.
What’s old is new. In a pagan society, life is cheap. This should not be unexpected.
Moloch lives through them.
Thyself is thy master is an ATHESIT (no god) prayer, not a Satanic one.
So called Satanists are anti-Christian bigots and fundamentalist atheists.
What if my religious rituals include burning satanists at the stake?
Geez,why get pregnant unless it is a turn on to kill the baby?
How is that any different from these deluded females “celebrating” their abortions? These are sick, depraved humans. Only God can save them.
The Aztecs live on. Look how that turned out for them.
That was my exact first thought also.
So what’s next?....making anything you want an expression of freedom of your religion;whatever you believe to be part of your religious beliefs. Sounds pretty insane & very dangerous.
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