To avoid clash with corporations in city park
By WND Staff
Rosalinda Celentano portrays Satan the devil in 2004’s ‘The Passion of the Christ.’
Members of The Satanic Temple in Idaho have announced they left a municipal Pride festival because of opposition from several corporations that withdrew when the organization promoted its plan to offer “renunciations of Christian baptisms.”
The organization had announced, “We are so excited to announce that we will have a booth and be participating Coeur D’Alene’s ‘Pride in the Park’ event next Saturday, June 11th from 10am-3pm!,”
It continued, on a social media posting that now has been deleted, “We will have merchandise for sale, be offering support to our community and performing unbaptisms for those interested! Just know, Satan loves you for you! Hail Satan!”
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A Fox News report said the “Pride in the Park” fest to promote the LGBT ideology was announced by the North Idaho Pride Alliance.
The report explained originally, the Satanic Temple had joined with groups including a local public library, Ecumenical Catholic Communion Church, Everytown for Gun Safety and a climate group to sponsor activities.
But Satanic Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves told Fox News the Idaho group left after “a high volume of threats and harassing messages regarding their involvement.”
He also suggested the group left because other sponsors also were leaving.