The Satanic Temple, a nontheistic religious and political activist group based in Salem, Mass., citing religious freedom, is declaring immunity from an Indiana law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains following a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“One of The Satanic Temple’s fundamental tenets is the inviolability of one’s body,” the international organization said in a statement according to the Arkansas Times.
“State impositions of ceremonial requirements dictating its disposal, barring any plausible medical or sanitary concerns, is a violation of TST’s Free Exercise allowing Satanists to contextualize the termination of a pregnancy on their own terms, with deference to their own religious beliefs,” the group added.
The Satanic Temple doesn't believe in a literal Satan but sees the biblical Satan as a metaphor for rebellion against tyranny.
The group, which has earned the same tax-exempt status as a church by the IRS, has waged other religious battles. In April, a member of the Temple in Missouri challenged a state law that requires women seeking an abortion to wait three days, saying that it violates the member’s religious freedom.
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