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'After-school Satan club' voted down at York County elementary school [View all]
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/after-school-satan-club-proposed-at-york-county-elementary-school'After-school Satan club' voted down at York County elementary school
by WHP StaffTuesday, April 19th 2022
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — Could an after-school Satan club be coming to an elementary school near you?
On Tuesday evening, the Northern York County School Board members voted down the approval of the program.
The program, designed for children as young as 5, says it doesn't worship Satan, but what exactly does it teach?
[...]
According to the Satanic Temple — a couple of parents from the district asked for the program — in response to the board green lighting a bible study group during school hours.
“The school board does not have the authority to decide which religious organizations they prefer holding after-school clubs and which one[s] they don’t," said Lucien Greaves, the cofounder of Satanic Temple. Greaves stresses the club doesn’t support worshipping Satan or any religion.
[...]
by WHP StaffTuesday, April 19th 2022
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — Could an after-school Satan club be coming to an elementary school near you?
On Tuesday evening, the Northern York County School Board members voted down the approval of the program.
The program, designed for children as young as 5, says it doesn't worship Satan, but what exactly does it teach?
[...]
According to the Satanic Temple — a couple of parents from the district asked for the program — in response to the board green lighting a bible study group during school hours.
“The school board does not have the authority to decide which religious organizations they prefer holding after-school clubs and which one[s] they don’t," said Lucien Greaves, the cofounder of Satanic Temple. Greaves stresses the club doesn’t support worshipping Satan or any religion.
[...]
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