After School Satan Program - Pure Evil At Work

LOS ANGELES -- The Satanic Temple is seeking to place its newly created after-school program called "After School Satan" in places of education across the country, and a Los Angeles-area elementary school is one of its early targets.

The Satanic Temple this weekend unveiled plans for a network of after-school programs that focus not on worship of the Devil, but "critical reasoning, independent-thinking, fun, and free thought," according to the Satanic Temple's website.

The group says it hopes to counter the influence of Christian after-school programs, such as Good News Clubs, that have popped up at schools in the wake of a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that paved the way for religious organizations to establish after-school activities at public school facilities.

Among the nine schools listed as potential sites for clubs is Chase Street Elementary in Panorama City, which is part of the Los Angeles Unified school district, reports CBS Los Angeles. Other potential sites included schools in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.

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