A satanic church in Florida is handing out coloring books to public school students this academic year.
Titled "The Satanic Children's Big Book of Activities," the book is chock full of pentagrams, goat heads and smiling kids to help expose children to the practice of Satanism, Raw Story first reported.
"These bullies are mad and afraid of things they don't understand," reads one word-jumble activity, according to Raw Story. "Help Damian use inclusive language to defuse the situation."
The Satanic Temple announced it would be handing out religious materials to students after an atheist group, the Central Florida Free Thought Community, sued Orange County for preventing it from handing out materials when it allowed Christian groups to do the same.
A judge dismissed the case in August when the school board allowed the literature. Not long after the decision, the Satanic Temple followed suit.
"If a public school board is going to allow religious pamphlets and full Bibles to be distributed to students...we think the responsible thing to do is to ensure that these students are given access to a variety of differing religious opinions, as opposed to standing idly by while one religious voice dominates the discourse and delivers propaganda to youth," temple spokesman Lucien Greaves said in a statement.
Greaves stressed the Satanic Temple does not want to impose its religion on others because it values the separation of church and state. The temple, which has more than 10,000 members, is just reacting to the opportunity first offered to Christians.
"I am quite certain that all of the children in these Florida schools are already aware of the Christian religion and its Bible, and this might be the first exposure these children have to the actual practice of Satanism. We think many students will be very curious to see what we offer," Greaves said.
This is not the first time the New York-based satanic group has taken advantage of religious-based court decisions. In July, the group claimed the U.S. Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision, which exempts businesses from providing contraceptives for religious reasons, also applies to its beliefs.
