Parents of children at Northern High School in Dillsburg by officials in Pennsylvania are furious over the decision of giving go-ahead to the ‘Satan Club’ at the school.
A similar request was made by the club back in April but was denied by the school authority at the time. The green signal given to the club has received a fierce backlash from the parents of fellow school kids. In April of Perry County resident, Jennifer McAllister termed the idea as crazy.
She said, "They already took God out of schools now they're going to let Satan in, it's just crazy." Lucien Graves, the co-founder of the Satanic Temple, said that the group is seeking "other religious representation."
"We don’t decry or begrudge anybody having a prayer event or anything like that," she further added.
"It does become a problem, a serious problem, when you allow a back-to-school prayer event, but you don’t allow any other religious representation."
Emphasizing the club’s stance and movement Lucien added that parents should look at the event from a First Amendment point of view.
"We’re talking about upholding fundamental pillars of democracy and the First Amendment," he said.
The Satanic Temple over the due course of time has attempted to establish After School Satan Clubs at schools around the country that have an operating religious club on-campus.
A protest was organized on a similar note back in the month of May at a school in North Carolina after the Satan Club attempted to establish its presence.
"Kind of a rallying thing to say ‘we here in Greensboro does not want this in our schools,'" Tempe Moore, the organizer of the protest said.
A website for the "After School Satan Club" states that the group meets at "select" public schools where "Good News Clubs and other religious clubs meet," and states that the clubs are established at the request of community members who "would like to see the program offered."
However, the club made its stance clear that the club has no intention of converting students to Satanism.