The organization asserts that HAIL teaches students “about values such as empathy, compassion, and justice in a fun environment without religious pressure or coercion.”
Ohio’s Satanic Temple has launched an instructional program at Marysville School District in central Ohio to counter Christian teaching in the classroom, The Sentinel reported Thursday.
The temple is opposed to Christian organizations such as LifeWise Institute that teach the Bible at public schools, however, this instruction is not mandatory and students must choose to participate. The Satanic Temple is now offering students at Edgewood Elementary School instruction from the Hellions Academy of Independent Learning, also known as HAIL, under the Release Time Religious Instruction, or RTRI, program in the state.
The organization asserts that HAIL teaches students…
