http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/25/1415364/-The-Satanic-Temple-interrupts-pro-life-national-day-of-protest?detail=email
On August 22nd, 2015 The Satanic Temple of Detroit interrupted the pro-life national day of protest against Planned Parenthood at the Detroit and Ferndale, Michigan locations. The Temple employed radical political theatre to illustrate the theocratic agenda imposed upon female bodies.
With wrists bound in prayer, two women were drowned in milk at the hands of male clergy. Their bodies callously veiled by the maternal bath. An American flag furnished with a symbol of The Satanic Temple framed the scene, followed by a message: “AMERICA IS NOT A THEOCRACY. END FORCED MOTHERHOOD.”
The Satanic Temple’s core tenets outline the following points:
(1) One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
(2) Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
The highly politicized pro-life movement advocates for the abolition of Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides critical preventive and primary reproductive health care services to low-income women.
The current cornerstone of their argument stems from a fabricated, fictional story that clinics “sell baby parts for profit”. The August 22nd protest was directly intended to irresponsibly perpetuate this contrived story in an attempt to leverage misunderstanding for political gain and impose the moral opinions of some upon a diverse community.
The Satanic Temple strongly opposes the promotion of misinformation and believes that all people are entitled to make informed decisions about their health, family and future without coercion. We will not remain voiceless when the philosophical and religious opinions of those in power are utilized to legislate morality. The attempt to do so violates American foundational values of freedom and liberty.
i was hesitant in posting this because at first read it can be misinterpreted you know me i believe in God and Jesus period. my concern was more of some reading this might get loss with the buzz word satanic and lose sight of the topic. that said if you notice the temple has more of an message of freedoms and what they mean than republicans message of freedoms only apply to what we want you to do not what you are allowed by law to do yourself like them.
there is a person on Newsvine that had a banner saying "don't ignore a good idea simply because you don't like the source", republicans and their base should take notes. there was one paragraph that really caught my attention in respect to just what republicans are doing misleading with misinformation, from my perspective i'm not referring belief in God but what is the things that are important to our decision making that paragraph below; you know like disavowing climate change so they don't have to regulate their man made pollution.
(2) Beliefs should conform to our best scientific understanding of the world. We should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit our beliefs.
