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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nThe Satanic Temple (Inc.) recently filed an amicus brief in support of St. Michael\u2019s Media Inc., otherwise known as \u201cChurch Militant<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wonder who that might be. Journalist Robert Allen<\/a>, then of Detroit Free Press<\/a>, please tell us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh neat. They really hate gays and abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inside a plain, two-story brick building in Ferndale hums the nerve center for a growing, Catholic fringe group hoping\u2026<\/em>www.freep.com<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n (We had missed this one; h\/t to @cwdefllc<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Church Militant broadcasts pro-life, anti-gay, anti-feminist, Islam-fearing, human-caused-climate-change-denying orthodox Catholic news on its website <\/strong>churchmiltant.com<\/a> and through social media using high-tech, professional production studios that rival those at local TV news stations. It has 35 full-time employees (and is hiring more) who publish about 10 stories and three videos every weekday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its leader, Michael Voris, has compared <\/strong>Trump with Constantine<\/strong><\/a>, the Roman emperor<\/strong> whom he says was \u201cnot a moral man\u201d but a \u201cpower-hungry egomaniac,\u201d but who saw it desirable to end the persecution of Christians. He was a human vessel who elevated Catholicism to the state religion, Voris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of Church Militant\u2019s headlines are similar to those on Breitbart News, the far-right news organization that White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon previously ran<\/strong>. Many of Breitbart\u2019s articles are cited on the Church Militant website. But unlike Breitbart, Church Militant is under a Christian, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s not affiliated with the Catholic Church, which has taken action to distance itself from Church Militant. And Voris said he doesn\u2019t think his organization\u2019s political statements are violating what he calls the \u201cstupid\u201d restriction on political campaign intervention for tax exemption from the Internal Revenue Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Church and state have long been linked in this country, he said, and the combination of social media and Trump in the White House have altered the notion of mainstream media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe entire established order has been thrown up into the air,\u201d Voris said. \u201cWhat we say now has some credence. We\u2019re allowed into the discussion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among the headlined stories on churchmiltant.com Friday were: \u201c<\/strong>Bombshell: Priest at forefront of pushing birth control in Canada admits gay lifestyle<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d \u201c<\/strong>Dismantling Obama\u2019s legacy<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d <\/strong>and \u201c<\/strong>72 terrorists come to U.S. from seven banned Muslim-majority countries<\/strong><\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Now, given all the things there are to do in the world, why would The Satanic Temple give one of its limited number of fucks on something like this? Wouldn\u2019t you know it, Church Militant is represented by none other than lil ol\u2019 \u201cfree speech* lover\u201d Marc Randazza.<\/p>\n\n\n Have we written about Marc Randazza before? We have<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most famous example of The Satanic Temple\u2019s collaboration with him was 2018, leading to the Great Schism that saw TST\u2019s most prominent local groups walk away then over similar issues<\/a>, as the lower membership disagreed with the priorities and allocation of resources by TST\u2019s owners toward right-wing causes but had no say over those things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But for an explanation of why utilizing some lawyer in particular might matter to The Satanic Temple\u2019s leftist and otherwise antifascist members, please do read any of journalist Luke O\u2019Brien<\/a>\u2019s pieces on Marc Randazza such as \u201cConnecticut Judge: Attorney Marc Randazza Is Too Unethical To Represent Alex Jones<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019re in a listening mood, \u201cKnowledge Fight\u201d hosts Dan Friesen and Jordan Holmes talked to Mark D. Bankston, a lawyer for the parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook attack, talk about Randazza in the context of Alex Jones\u2019 bizarre obsession with him<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, here\u2019s the lower court docket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n COMPLAINT (Verified) against All Defendants ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number 0416-9490076.), filed by St. Michael’s<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n And here is TST\u2019s amicus brief<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow a right-wing Ferndale fringe group is building a multimedia empire<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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St. Michael’s Media, Inc. v. The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, 1:21-cv-02337<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n