Summary
The Satanic Temple will launch a religious program, HAIL (Hellion Academy of Independent Learning), at Edgewood Elementary in Marysville, Ohio, offering an alternative to the evangelical LifeWise program.
LifeWise, part of a growing “release time” religious instruction trend, removes students weekly for Christian teachings.
Critics argue it alienates non-Christian students and raises concerns about religious pluralism in schools.
The Satanic Temple’s HAIL program emphasizes empathy, pluralism, and critical thinking in its program, removing students monthly.
With a couple of edits, those tenets can be made to apply to Bible belt principles:
I *Except the queer folk.
II *Except ours.
III One’s body is sacred, subject to our will alone.
IV The freedoms of others in our church should be respected, including the freedom to offend those outside it*.
V Beliefs should not*. One should personally never distort scientific facts*
VI If one makes a mistake, one should repent and sweep it under the rug*
VII Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to not be questioned.