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Under President Obama, the IRS granted tax-exempt status to theAfter School Satan Club just 10 days after it applied, according to records obtained byJudicial Watch. <\/p>\n
The status is usually given to charitable, religiousand\/or educational groups that operate as nonprofits. <\/p>\n
The group applied for tax-exempt status on Oct. 21, 2014, and received it on Oct. 31, 2014. <\/p>\n
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The Satanic Clubs fast-track approval came at a time when the IRS was being sued for delaying applicationsof a multitude of organizations with conservative association. <\/p>\n
Under the Obama administration, IRS political appointees illegally targeted conservative groups, either making them wait up to seven years for tax-exempt status or denying their application altogether, Judicial Watch said. <\/p>\n
The watchdog group said it uncovered that scandal and has obtained piles of government records showing how the IRS illegally colluded with another federal agency to single out groups with conservative-sounding terms such as patriot and tea party in their titles when applying for tax-exempt status. <\/p>\n
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The entity behind the Satanic club is a nonprofit called Reason Alliance, which is based in Somerville, Mass., and operates in the state of Washington as the Satanic Temple of Seattle. <\/p>\n
According to itswebsite, the after-school group says Satanism is a religion that endorses scientific rationalism as our best model for understanding the natural world. <\/p>\n
The groups primary purpose is to counter the Evangelical Good News Club, saying itonly wants to establish after-school Satan clubs in school districts with the Christian programs. <\/p>\n
While the twisted Evangelical teachings of The Good News Clubsrobs children of the innocence and enjoyment of childhood, replacing them with a negative self image, preoccupation with sin, fear of Hell, and aversion to critical thinking,After School Satan Clubs incorporate games, projects, and thinking exercises that help children understand how we know what we know about our world and our universe, its website states. <\/p>\n
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Last year,the Satanic Temple releaseda video on its YouTube page to celebrate the launch of its after-school clubs across the nation. <\/p>\n
So while the Obama administrations IRS allegedly targeted conservative groups, it apparently saw no problem with allowing Satanic groups a fast pass to tax-exempt status. <\/p>\n
Those concerned about the presence of the Satan clubs in the Seattle schoolcould take some comfort in knowing thattwo weeks after the club launched at a school in nearby Tacoma, no one had signed up for it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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