Great question! Because THEY PLAN TO EXPAND. This is a NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
From the LA TImes..
Lilith Starr, a devil’s advocate in every sense, is in a rush to get her After School Satan Club started.
As founder of the Satanic Temple of Seattle, she’s under pressure from national satanic headquarters — located in the Colonial witch trials city of Salem, Mass. — to launch a counter-strike against grade school Christianity by opening an after-school Satan Club.
“I think many people have the misunderstanding that we are some kind of tongue-in-cheek troll group,” said Starr, 44, a Harvard grad who sometimes dresses in church robes and, when circumstances demand, paints her lips and part of her face black.
“But in reality we are a very serious religion, with our own shared narrative, culture and symbols, a code of ethics — our Seven Tenets — and worship in the form of activism.”
The national movement is attempting to establish a dozen After School Satan Clubs across the country. Local chapters have applied for space at public grade schools in cities including Atlanta, Detroit, Washington, Portland, Ore., Tacoma, Wash., Salt Lake City, Tucson, and Los Angeles.
Well, sometimes they are really large clubs with really large membership, like Penn State, Northwestern U. and such. But maybe they really should not be paying taxes, that is if they really do. Who knows? Does anyone out there know?
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Proii_Pariah ago
Why is any school club receiving tax exempt status? Since when are school clubs taxed?
equineluvr ago
Great question! Because THEY PLAN TO EXPAND. This is a NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
From the LA TImes..
Lilith Starr, a devil’s advocate in every sense, is in a rush to get her After School Satan Club started.
As founder of the Satanic Temple of Seattle, she’s under pressure from national satanic headquarters — located in the Colonial witch trials city of Salem, Mass. — to launch a counter-strike against grade school Christianity by opening an after-school Satan Club.
“I think many people have the misunderstanding that we are some kind of tongue-in-cheek troll group,” said Starr, 44, a Harvard grad who sometimes dresses in church robes and, when circumstances demand, paints her lips and part of her face black.
“But in reality we are a very serious religion, with our own shared narrative, culture and symbols, a code of ethics — our Seven Tenets — and worship in the form of activism.”
The national movement is attempting to establish a dozen After School Satan Clubs across the country. Local chapters have applied for space at public grade schools in cities including Atlanta, Detroit, Washington, Portland, Ore., Tacoma, Wash., Salt Lake City, Tucson, and Los Angeles.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-satanic-after-school-20160928-snap-story.html
carmencita ago
Well, sometimes they are really large clubs with really large membership, like Penn State, Northwestern U. and such. But maybe they really should not be paying taxes, that is if they really do. Who knows? Does anyone out there know?
memegod420 ago
Literally any group can and should apply for 501(c)3/4/5 status. You do this if you plan on raising money at any level, small or big.