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{{Incorporated Entities
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   | image1=The Satanic Temple Arizona logo.png|thumb
 
   | image1=The Satanic Temple Arizona logo.png


   | established=1/24/2017
   | established=1/24/2017


   | incorporated_state=[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/BusinessSearch/BusinessInfo?entityNumber=L21550983 Arizona]
   | incorporated_states=Arizona
 
  | id#=L21550983
 
  | physical_address=None


   | website=THESATANICTEMPLEARIZONA.COM
   | mail_address=975 N. Silverbell Rd Box #85486, TUCSON, AZ, 85745, USA


  | registered_agent=Katherine Diaz
}}
}}
'''Adversarial Truth LLC''' is an Arizona-based domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). It also commonly uses the name '''The Satanic Temple - Arizona''', but does not list it as a "doing business as."
'''Adversarial Truth LLC''' is an Arizona-based domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). It also commonly uses the name '''The Satanic Temple - Arizona''', but does not list it as a "doing business as."


Prior to incorporation, the chapter was founded sometime in "early 2016."<ref name=":0">''The Satanic Temple - Arizona Chapter was founded in early 2016 with the Phoenix City Council Invocation Campaign initiated by Chapter Head Michelle Shortt and Spokesperson Stu de Haan. After making national headlines exposing religious privilege at local levels throughout the country, the chapter began.''; [https://www.thesatanictemplearizona.com/history thesatanictemplearizona.com]</ref> In 2018, the chapter began its [[The Satanic Temple, Inc., et al v. City of Scottsdale|case against the city of Scottsdale]], which it lost in February 2020.<ref>''A U.S. District Court judge ruled this month that Scottsdale did not discriminate against the Satanic Temple when the city blocked a member of the group from giving an invocation before a City Council meeting in 2016.''
Prior to incorporation, the chapter was founded sometime in "early 2016" per its website.<ref name=":0">''The Satanic Temple - Arizona Chapter was founded in early 2016 with the Phoenix City Council Invocation Campaign initiated by Chapter Head Michelle Shortt and Spokesperson Stu de Haan. After making national headlines exposing religious privilege at local levels throughout the country, the chapter began.''; [https://www.thesatanictemplearizona.com/history thesatanictemplearizona.com]</ref> However, the legal entity began in April 2017, with founding documents listing spokesperson [[Stu de haan|Patrick "Stu" De Haan]] and chapterhead [[Michelle Shortt]] as the only corporate officers, and its historical physical location, 100 N Stone Ave, Ste 512. Tucson, AZ, 85701, matched listings for de Haan's law office at the time.<ref>[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/CommonHelper/GetFilingDocuments?barcode=05886313 Articles of Organization], 04/17/2017</ref><ref>[https://www.buzzfile.com/business/De-Haan-Law-Firm-Pllc-520-358-4089 Buzzfile.com], De Haan Law Firm Pllc</ref> In December 2019, de Haan and Shortt were replaced with Scott Maul and Selena L. Yniguez.<ref>[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/CommonHelper/GetFilingDocuments?barcode=19122009522353 Articles of Amendment], 12/20/2019</ref>. In March 2021, Maul was replaced with Katherine Diaz.<ref>[https://ecorp.azcc.gov/CommonHelper/GetFilingDocuments?barcode=21033118262508 Articles of Ammendment], 03/31/2019</ref>
 
== Values ==
On [https://www.thesatanictemplearizona.com/about-us its website], TST AZ describes itself as such:
 
::Satanism as a religious movement.
::Civic actions through activism.
::Charitable works.
::Community building for Satanists, atheists, and free-thinkers.
 
:The mission of The Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people within reason, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by the individual will.
 
:Many of those interested in The Satanic Temple come to us because of our fierce activism. Satan is the ultimate archetype and thus makes his character a perfect weapon to be able to combat Church and State issues.
 
:It is important to realize that Satanism is our religion, held on by deeply held beliefs that have shaped and molded us into the people we are today.
 
The website also references the chapter taking part in a [[Menstruatin' with Satan]] donation drive to hosting "Satanic Cleansing and Destruction Rituals".
 
== Phoenix City Invocation ==
The Satanic Temple AZ describes its founding action as such:
:The Satanic Temple - Arizona Chapter was founded in early 2016 with the Phoenix City Council Invocation Campaign initiated by Chapter Head Michelle Shortt and Spokesperson Stu de Haan. After making national headlines exposing religious privilege at local levels throughout the country, the chapter began.
 
''The Arizona Republic'' newspaper summarized the chapter's earliest activity as such:<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/surprise/2019/07/12/satanists-take-scottsdale-court-another-arizona-city-surprise-starts-praying/1683910001/ As Satanists take Scottsdale to court, Surprise City Council adds prayer to start meetings], AZCentral.com, 07/19/2019</ref>
:Shortly after [forming], they requested to lead Phoenix's invocation. In reaction, the Phoenix council voted to end invocations at its meetings.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/01/28/satanists-give-prayer-phoenix-city-council-meeting/79486460/ Satanists to give prayer at Phoenix City Council meeting], AZCentral.com, Jan. 28, 2016</ref>
 
:A month later, Phoenix voted to reinstate the invocations, but, this time, only chaplains for the police and fire departments would be allowed to lead them.<ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/02/03/phoenix-city-council-vote-satanists-sheraton-buyer/79758268 Phoenix City Council votes to end prayers at meetings], AZCentral.com, Feb. 3, 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2016/03/02/phoenix-city-council-bring-prayer-back-meetings-vote/81161090/ Public prayer returning to Phoenix City Council meetings], AZCEntral.com, 03/13/2016]</ref>
 
== Scottsdale Invocation ==
In April 2016, the city of Scottsdale revoked an invitation for The Satanic Temple to give an opening invocation at the city council.<ref>[https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northeast-valley/scottsdale/scottsdale-denies-request-from-satanic-temple-to-give-invocation-at-council-meeting Associated Press, ABC15.com staff], ''Officials say Scottsdale will bar the Satanic Temple from leading a scheduled prayer at a City Council meeting in July.
 
City spokesman Kelly Corsette says Scottsdale informed the Satanic Temple's Arizona chapter that only representatives from institutions that have a substantial connection to the Scottsdale community will be allowed to give the invocation.''</ref> In 2018, through Shortt, the chapter began its [[The Satanic Temple, Inc., et al v. City of Scottsdale|case against the city of Scottsdale]], which it lost after a bench trial in February 2020.<ref>''A U.S. District Court judge ruled this month that Scottsdale did not discriminate against the Satanic Temple when the city blocked a member of the group from giving an invocation before a City Council meeting in 2016.''


''Judge David Campbell ruled the Satanic Temple did not prove the city had denied its request because of its religious beliefs.''
''Judge David Campbell ruled the Satanic Temple did not prove the city had denied its request because of its religious beliefs.''


[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2020/02/29/scottsdale-wins-court-battle-against-satanists-over-invocation/4903564002/ Scottsdale wins court battle against Satanists over right to give invocation; Satanists appeal, Arizona Republic], Feb. 29, 2020 [https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CLRu82vyyIgJ:https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2020/02/29/scottsdale-wins-court-battle-against-satanists-over-invocation/4903564002/+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Cached]</ref> [[The Satanic Temple]] has appealed the case, and as of April 2020, there has been no further movement in the case. <ref>[https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca9/20-15338 20-15338], last docket report April 28, 2020: ''Filing 12 Filed order MEDIATION (LCC): A review of the record and the response to this courts March 3, 2020 order reveals that the district court has denied the post-judgment motion and that an amended notice of appeal has been filed to include the order denying the post-judgment motion. Accordingly, the notice of appeal is so amended, and briefing shall proceed. The opening brief and excerpts of record are due June 29, 2020; the answering brief is due July 29, 2020; and the optional reply brief is due within 21 days after service of the answering brief.[11674157] (WL) [Entered: 04/28/2020 10:54 AM''</ref>  
[https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2020/02/29/scottsdale-wins-court-battle-against-satanists-over-invocation/4903564002/ Scottsdale wins court battle against Satanists over right to give invocation; Satanists appeal, Arizona Republic], Feb. 29, 2020 [https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:CLRu82vyyIgJ:https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/scottsdale/2020/02/29/scottsdale-wins-court-battle-against-satanists-over-invocation/4903564002/+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Cached]</ref> [[The Satanic Temple]] appealed the case in March 2020.<ref>[https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca9/20-15338 20-15338 ], ''The schedule is set as follows: Appellants Adversarial Truth LLC, Michelle Shortt, The Satanic Temple, The Satanic Temple, Inc. and United Federation of Churches LLC Mediation Questionnaire due on 03/09/2020. Transcript ordered by 03/30/2020. Transcript due 04/28/2020. Appellants Adversarial Truth LLC, Michelle Shortt, The Satanic Temple, The Satanic Temple, Inc. and United Federation of Churches LLC opening brief due 06/08/2020. Appellee City of Scottsdale answering brief due 07/08/2020. Appellant's optional reply brief is due 21 days after service of the answering brief.''</ref>
 
In May 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the original district court decision, establishing that it " did  not  err  in  entering  judgment in  favor  of  the  City".<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/20-15338/20-15338-2021-05-19.html Justia.com], THE SATANIC TEMPLE, INC. V. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, No. 20-15338 (9th Cir. 2021)</ref>


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Revision as of 06:47, 30 May 2021

Lua error in Module:Incorporated_Entities at line 16: header must be either of type string or number. Adversarial Truth LLC is an Arizona-based domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC). It also commonly uses the name The Satanic Temple - Arizona, but does not list it as a "doing business as."

Prior to incorporation, the chapter was founded sometime in "early 2016" per its website.[1] However, the legal entity began in April 2017, with founding documents listing spokesperson Patrick "Stu" De Haan and chapterhead Michelle Shortt as the only corporate officers, and its historical physical location, 100 N Stone Ave, Ste 512. Tucson, AZ, 85701, matched listings for de Haan's law office at the time.[2][3] In December 2019, de Haan and Shortt were replaced with Scott Maul and Selena L. Yniguez.[4]. In March 2021, Maul was replaced with Katherine Diaz.[5]

Values

On its website, TST AZ describes itself as such:

Satanism as a religious movement.
Civic actions through activism.
Charitable works.
Community building for Satanists, atheists, and free-thinkers.
The mission of The Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people within reason, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by the individual will.
Many of those interested in The Satanic Temple come to us because of our fierce activism. Satan is the ultimate archetype and thus makes his character a perfect weapon to be able to combat Church and State issues.
It is important to realize that Satanism is our religion, held on by deeply held beliefs that have shaped and molded us into the people we are today.

The website also references the chapter taking part in a Menstruatin' with Satan donation drive to hosting "Satanic Cleansing and Destruction Rituals".

Phoenix City Invocation

The Satanic Temple AZ describes its founding action as such:

The Satanic Temple - Arizona Chapter was founded in early 2016 with the Phoenix City Council Invocation Campaign initiated by Chapter Head Michelle Shortt and Spokesperson Stu de Haan. After making national headlines exposing religious privilege at local levels throughout the country, the chapter began.

The Arizona Republic newspaper summarized the chapter's earliest activity as such:[6]

Shortly after [forming], they requested to lead Phoenix's invocation. In reaction, the Phoenix council voted to end invocations at its meetings.[7]
A month later, Phoenix voted to reinstate the invocations, but, this time, only chaplains for the police and fire departments would be allowed to lead them.[8][9]

Scottsdale Invocation

In April 2016, the city of Scottsdale revoked an invitation for The Satanic Temple to give an opening invocation at the city council.[10] In 2018, through Shortt, the chapter began its case against the city of Scottsdale, which it lost after a bench trial in February 2020.[11] The Satanic Temple appealed the case in March 2020.[12]

In May 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the original district court decision, establishing that it " did not err in entering judgment in favor of the City".[13]

References

  1. ↑ The Satanic Temple - Arizona Chapter was founded in early 2016 with the Phoenix City Council Invocation Campaign initiated by Chapter Head Michelle Shortt and Spokesperson Stu de Haan. After making national headlines exposing religious privilege at local levels throughout the country, the chapter began.; thesatanictemplearizona.com
  2. ↑ Articles of Organization, 04/17/2017
  3. ↑ Buzzfile.com, De Haan Law Firm Pllc
  4. ↑ Articles of Amendment, 12/20/2019
  5. ↑ Articles of Ammendment, 03/31/2019
  6. ↑ As Satanists take Scottsdale to court, Surprise City Council adds prayer to start meetings, AZCentral.com, 07/19/2019
  7. ↑ Satanists to give prayer at Phoenix City Council meeting, AZCentral.com, Jan. 28, 2016
  8. ↑ Phoenix City Council votes to end prayers at meetings, AZCentral.com, Feb. 3, 2016
  9. ↑ Public prayer returning to Phoenix City Council meetings, AZCEntral.com, 03/13/2016]
  10. ↑ Associated Press, ABC15.com staff, Officials say Scottsdale will bar the Satanic Temple from leading a scheduled prayer at a City Council meeting in July. City spokesman Kelly Corsette says Scottsdale informed the Satanic Temple's Arizona chapter that only representatives from institutions that have a substantial connection to the Scottsdale community will be allowed to give the invocation.
  11. ↑ A U.S. District Court judge ruled this month that Scottsdale did not discriminate against the Satanic Temple when the city blocked a member of the group from giving an invocation before a City Council meeting in 2016. Judge David Campbell ruled the Satanic Temple did not prove the city had denied its request because of its religious beliefs. Scottsdale wins court battle against Satanists over right to give invocation; Satanists appeal, Arizona Republic, Feb. 29, 2020 Cached
  12. ↑ 20-15338 , The schedule is set as follows: Appellants Adversarial Truth LLC, Michelle Shortt, The Satanic Temple, The Satanic Temple, Inc. and United Federation of Churches LLC Mediation Questionnaire due on 03/09/2020. Transcript ordered by 03/30/2020. Transcript due 04/28/2020. Appellants Adversarial Truth LLC, Michelle Shortt, The Satanic Temple, The Satanic Temple, Inc. and United Federation of Churches LLC opening brief due 06/08/2020. Appellee City of Scottsdale answering brief due 07/08/2020. Appellant's optional reply brief is due 21 days after service of the answering brief.
  13. ↑ Justia.com, THE SATANIC TEMPLE, INC. V. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, No. 20-15338 (9th Cir. 2021)
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