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I noticed there wasn't a TST Lemmy community. The Satanic Temple is a modern satanic religion that aims to promote human rights and compassion. Check out their about page on their official website at https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/about-us. Note that this community is not an official affiliation. TST is also separate and not affiliated with the Church of Satan, who have a slightly different viewpoint of what satanism truly is. Dunno what to post in here, but maybe some will search for this and take part. Hello!
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Seems like America has basically said:
"hate crimes against religious iconography isn't a hate crime"
It's a huge can of worms that they opened, and basically shit all over everything people fought against in WWII.
Pretty sure it also just wiped out a few US fundamental freedoms too.
So, either this goes up the chain to punish the guy appropriate, or the USA is in for some real heated bullshit in the near future.
Burning down a church with nobody in it is a hate crime. Where is the line? Is it destruction of real property? Is it a monetary threshold? I don't know the answer, but it is definitely a huge can of worms.