Parents and local leaders are outraged that a new Satanic Temple after-school club is set to start running sessions at a Tennessee elementary school in January.
The Satanic Temple is set to host an after-school club at Chimneyrock Elementary School in Cordova, just outside Memphis, in January.
A flyer about the club says the Satanic Temple is a non-theistic religion that views Satan 'as a literary figure who represents a metaphorical construct of rejecting tyranny and championing the human mind and spirit.'
It called on elementary school-aged children to 'have fun at after school Satan club.'
It says it does not attempt to convert children to any religious ideology, but offers activities that 'emphasize a scientific, rationalistic, non-superstitious worldview.'
Memphis-Shelby County Schools, the school district in charge of Chimneyrock, said in a statement that the district would rent out the space to the organization per its policy.
The flyer called on elementary school-aged children to 'have fun at after school Satan club'
The Satanic Temple is set to host an after-school club at Chimneyrock Elementary School in Cordova, just outside Memphis (pictured)
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<!- - ad: https://mads.dailymail.co.uk/v8/us/news/none/article/other/mpu_factbox.html?id=mpu_factbox_1 - ->Advertisement'As a public school district, we´re committed to upholding the principles of the First Amendment, which guarantees equal access to all non-profit organizations seeking to use our facilities after school hours,' the statement read.
'This means we cannot approve or deny an organization's request based solely on its viewpoints or beliefs.'
But parents and local religious leaders were furious with the school district for allowing the event to take place at the school.
'Satan has no room in this district,' said MSCS school board chair Althea Greene, who is also a pastor, as she quoted scripture.
Bill Adkins, a pastor at nearby Greater Imani Church, said he believes in the First Amendment, but his 'liberality is being challenged.'
'We cannot allow any entity called Satanic Temple to have private time with our children,' Adkins said.
'I can't go into the school building and pray. But yet we can rent a facility to the Satanic Temple and they can give a party for children. It's ridiculous. It's absurd.'
A parent whose child goes to the school, Reggie Carrick, said he felt the school system was letting kids down in order to dodge a lawsuit.
'This is gonna spread like wildfire. If they are able to get into one school, how many other schools are they plotting to do?' Carrick asked.
MailOnline has reached out to the Satanic Temple for comment.
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