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Education, faith leaders denounce planned Satan club at Tennessee elementary school
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Memphis-Shelby County, Tenn., Schools Interim Superintendent Toni Williams, board Chairperson Althea Greene, board member Mauricio Calvo, and roughly 40 other local leaders in the faith community gather, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn., to talk about the After School Satan Club poised to be held at Chimneyrock Elementary in Cordova, Tenn., in January 2024. - photo by John Klyce/The Commercial Appeal via AP
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Faith and education leaders are denouncing plans for an After School Satan Club at a Tennessee elementary school but said they would follow the law and allow the organization hosting the club to meet. Around 40 members of the faith community in Memphis stood united with leaders at Memphis-Shelby County Schools on Wednesday to criticize the planned club and to question The Satanic Temple’s intentions in offering it, according to the Commercial Appeal. The faith community and educators also wanted to make it clear that students would need signed permission slips to attend and to express support for religious organizations that have partnered with the district, the newspaper reported.