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'''The Satanic Temple''' ('''TST''') encourages [[File:Equality.png]] {{PCBA|Egalitarianism|benevolence and empathy among all people}}, [[File:Thar.png]] [[Anti-Authoritarianism|rejection of tyrannical authority]], application of practical common sense, [[File:Socjust.png]] [[Progressivism|opposing injustice]], and to undertake noble pursuits.
The Satanic Temple has publicly confronted christian and "hate" groups, fought for the abolition of corporal punishment in [[File:PublicSchool.png]] public schools, applied for equal representation when religious installations are placed on public property, provided religious exemption and legal protection against laws that unscientifically restrict people's [[File:Abort.png]] {{PCBA|Abortionism|reproductive autonomy}}, exposed harmful pseudo-scientific practitioners in mental health care, organized clubs alongside other religious after-school clubs in schools besieged by proselytizing organizations,<ref>https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-orders-saucon-valley-school-district-to-allow-after-school-satan-club-to-meet-in-district-facilities</ref> and engaged in other advocacy in accordance with their tenets.
The TST organization has been criticized for not always abiding by its own tenets and exploiting those it claims to help,<ref>https://medium.com/@SistersSatanic/mary-doe-speaks-her-story-the-satanic-temple-a-case-experience-e13e965127c6</ref> as well as allegedly engaging in racism; most frequently criticized however, is the organization's litigiousness, as the organization goes before court for many occasions, including the silencing of former members and critics.<ref>https://medium.com/@queersatanic/to-shame-the-devil-satanic-temples-lawsuit-against-ex-members-fails-again-d0f3827297d8</ref>
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