A Connecticut elementary school with plans to host an after-school Satan club is facing major backlash from parents.
Organizers from the After School Satan Club will hold monthly meetings at Lebanon Elementary School in Lebanon, Connecticut starting in December, WFSB-TV reports.
A colorful flyer advertises to students a club that will have”science projects”, “nature activities”, puzzles and games”, and “arts and crafts.”
“The Satanic Temple is a non-theistic religion that views Satan as a literary figure who represents a metaphorical construct of rejecting tyranny and championing the human mind and spirit,” a Facebook post read.
It continues, “After School Satan Club does not attempt to convert children to any religious ideology. Instead, The Satanic Temple supports children to think for themselves. All After School Satan Clubs are based on activities centered around the Seven Fundamental Tenets and emphasize a scientific, rationalist, non-superstitious worldview.”
Despite the group’s advertising efforts to brand itself as morally neutral, parents say they are put off by the club’s symbolism.
“If you look on their website and the different things that they’re handing out, there’s symbolism of the devil, and I think that that’s inappropriate,” parent, Kate Prokop, told WTNH-TV.
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