OSS Staff Today a tweet from State Representative Greg Razer (D-KC) caught the attention of the Ordo, wherein Rep. Razer registered his complaint with Don Hinkle’s (Public Policy Dir. Missouri Baptist Convention) recent anti-MONA religious rant blog in (Hinkle’s) Pathway publication. We are aware of another hearing in which…

House Republicans Target the Ordo Sororitatis Satanicae The Ordo Sororitatis Satanicae (OSS) has been receiving messages for details on how all this Missouri Capitol trouble started. We’re up-front but a little exhausted, so we take to our blog for the necessary update. Note: to keep our blood pressure at acceptable…

Silencing Through Policy Change in Missouri Do legislators let their irrational fears affect policy? In Missouri — Yes. In the 2019 session, one of the first bills considered was HR 7, mostly a routine update to internal House rules. It was reported out of committee on January 10 and taken up by the full house on January 15…

A Satanic Hysterics Panic Lucien Greaves of The Satanic Temple elegantly displayed his gaslighting skills in his recent recounting of Mary Doe, his own plaintiff from the Temple’s Missouri religious reproductive rights cases. Greaves employed his typical stance to former members criticisms as he once again pled the “hysterical women”…

Demonization of Reproductive Rights Activists in Missouri It saddens us today to read Mr. Greaves’ portrayal of Mary Doe’s Saga as a savage one. Immediately following the end of this case, he chose to portray both Mary and those in Missouri that thought we were on Mary’s side as hysterical…

Reproductive Rights in Missouri The Ordo Sororitatis Satanicae has undertaken Three Great Acts: to Witness, to Measure, and to Pronounce. Today, Mary Doe from The Satanic Temple’s reproductive rights campaign contacted our order to inform the OSS that her case was dismissed as of today, but not before she herself withdrew from the case…

reductio ad absurdum & balance fallacy jugglers — Opinion, and nod to frozen peaches… Since Yiannopoulos began his big American extravaganza as a “political pundit”, his supporters have claimed: Denying Milo Yiannopoulos a formal lecture platform on university campuses is an affront to his free speech rights. Or something along those lines. …

In order to ensure patients receive quality care, we ask two Columbia hospitals how they can deny admitting privileges to Planned Parenthood Columbia Health Center’s physicians and still claim to be honoring the Hippocratic Oath. …