WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK????????????
Obviously there are some really bad people making decisions at the IRS.
CAN THE PRESIDENT STOP THIS?
‘Satanism is here to stay!’ IRS grants Satanic Temple tax-exempt status as federal government officially recognizes the group as a CHURCH
Satanic Temple announced on Wednesday that IRS deemed it tax-exempt
Group is first satanist organization to be recognized in the US as a church
New 501(c) status allows donations to the Satanic Temple to be tax deductible
Satanic Temple has 16 U.S. chapters and thousands of followers
A Satanic church claims to have become the first group of Satanists in American history to be officially recognized as a religion by the IRS.
The Satanic Temple has been given section 501(c) tax exempt status, which puts it in the same bracket as major religions such as Catholicism and organizations such as the Salvation Army.
The recognition means that the Satanic Temple, which has 16 chapters in the U.S. and thousands of followers around the world, can apply for certain federal grants.
Anyone who donates money to the group can also write it off as a tax deduction.
The group’s founder Lucien Greaves said in a statement that the categorization by the IRS should ‘lay to rest any suspicion that we don't meet the qualifications of a true religious organization’.
He said: ‘Satanism is here to stay’.
The Satanic Temple’s followers are a group who see Satan as the ‘a symbol against tyrannical authority’, one member told DailyMail.com in January.
They are known as hipster pranksters and believe that they are redefining Satanism and using it as a tool in the culture wars.
Although its members frequently wear Satanic imagery they do not necessarily worship the devil and see their main focus as enforcing the division between church and state.
Their protests include staging a mock rally in ‘support’ of Florida governor Rick Scott in 2013 for signing a bill that allowed students to read religious messages at assemblies
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6962275/IRS-grants-Satanic-Temple-tax-exempt-status.html