The satanic temple forced the US Treasury to recognize it as an official place of worship and not to pay taxes

The Satanic Temple, an organization of devil worshipers in the United States, has officially designated the government as "place of worship", which will allow it to not pay taxes, the group said in a statement. communicated.

The Internal Revenue Service of the United States (IRS, for its acronym in English) – an agency attached to the Treasury – awarded to Satanic Temple the same status as a non-profit organization that churches, synagogues and mosques have in the country, with which you will be protected by federal laws.

Generally, this temple is confused with the church of Satan, a group founded in the 60s of the last century. However, the temple, established in the city that hosted the Salem witch trials in the seventeenth century, considers that Satanism is not apolitical, unlike the satanic church.

The IRS status change comes when Vice President Mike Pence, along with other Conservatives from the Republican Party, called for the cancellation of what is called "the "Johnson Amendment," which is included in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations. support or oppose political candidates.

The IRS considered the satanic temple as a "religious organization", but not as a church proper, with all the rights that this implies. But now, with the new clbadification, you will be exempt from the federal income tax return. The IRS has not made any comment on this subject.

"This recognition will help us to ensure that the Satanic temple has the same access to public spaces as other religions, ratifies our position in the courts when we fight against religious discrimination and allows us to apply for government grants for faith-based organizations. " stressed the temple in his social networks.

The Catholic News Agency noted that "despite its manifestly demonic loyalty," the Temple was founded by so-called atheists and that the image they project "seems to be a deliberate provocation to the group perceives as an interference religion religion in the public square. "

In August of last year, for example, members of the Satanic Temple placed a statue of Baphomet, the representation of the winged goat, in the state capital, to protest and demand the withdrawal of the statue. a monument dedicated to the Ten Commandments.