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Nike Sues Over Lil Nas X’s ‘Satan Shoes’ Containing Human Blood

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 NINA PULLANO
celebrity, fashion, Music, NYC, rappers, Satanism, Trademark

Rapper and singer Lil Nas X is no stranger to disruption in the music scene. But his Satanic-themed Air Max 97s, made by a Brooklyn company, are too much for Nike.

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Civil Rights Government Health 

Satanic Abortion

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 BRIEF
abortion, First Amendment, religious freedom, Satanism, Texas

A Texas woman who wants to undergo a Satanic abortion ritual claims the state is interfering with her First Amendment rights by requiring women to first get an ultrasound before an abortion.

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Civil Rights Law Religion 

Satanic Prayers

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021 BRIEF
Boston, Constitution, prayer, religious freedom, Satanism

In a suit against the city of Boston’s legislative prayer selection process, The Satanic Temple says it doesn’t have any issue with offensive prayers or the city permitting congregations to “invoke Jesus,” but just wants an “equal opportunity — one guaranteed by the Constitution — invoke Satan.”

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Appeals Health Law Religion 

Satanist Loses Challenge to Missouri Abortion Consent Law

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 JOE HARRIS
abortion, consent, Eighth Circuit, First Amendment, Missouri, religious freedom, Satanism

Missouri’s law requiring physicians to give women a pro-life booklet and perform an ultrasound before an abortion does not infringe on a Satanist’s religious freedom, the Eighth Circuit ruled Tuesday.

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Appeals Health Law Religion 

Eighth Circuit Hears Satanist’s Challenge to Missouri Abortion Law

January 16, 2020January 17, 2020 JOE HARRIS
abortion, doctors, Eighth Circuit, First Amendment, Medicine, Missouri, Satanism

A lawyer for a Satanist argued before the Eighth Circuit on Thursday that Missouri’s law requiring physicians to give women a pro-life booklet and an ultrasound before providing an abortion violates her First Amendment rights.

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Appeals Law Religion 

Satanist Loses Challenge to Missouri Abortion Rules

August 28, 2018 JOE HARRIS
Eighth Circuit, Missouri, pregnancy, Satanism, standing

An Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a Satanist’s challenge to Missouri abortion laws based on her religious beliefs, finding she lacked standing because she wasn’t pregnant when she sued.

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Government Regional 

Texas Couple to Get $3.4M on False Claims of Satanic Abuse

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Child Abuse, damages, exoneration, Satanism, Texas

Texas will pay $3.4 million to a couple who were wrongfully imprisoned for more than two decades on prosecutors’ claims that they sexually abused children as part of satanic rituals at a day care they operated.

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Civil Rights Law 

Inmates Wrongfully Convicted of ‘Satanic Killing’ Say Cops Fabricated Evidence

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 KEVIN KOENINGER
DNA, exoneration, murder, Satanism

A pair of inmates wrongfully imprisoned for over 22 years on murder convictions claim the Louisville Police Department fabricated evidence and a story about a Satanic ritual killing to convict them.

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Civil Rights Education Employment Religion 

Fired Satanist Says He Faced Retaliation

March 29, 2017 LOWELL NEUMANN NICKEY
discrimination, Pennsylvania, retaliation, Satanism, schools

An avowed Satanist who lost his job with a Pennsylvania school district claims in a federal complaint that he faced retaliation.

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