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What The Satanic Temple is and why it's opening a debate about religion

  • Written by Joseph P. Laycock, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
The Satanic Temple unveils a statue of Baphomet, a winged-goat creature, at a rally for the First Amendment in Little Rock, Arkansas, in August 2018.AP Photo/Hannah Grabenstein

A group called The Satanic Temple went to court in their lawsuit against the city of Scottsdale, Arizona, for religious discrimination in January 2020.

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