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==Other campaigns and initiatives==

=== Grey Faction ===
The Grey Faction is a project of the Satanic Temple with the goal of exposing malpractice and pseudoscience associated with [[Satanic ritual abuse]] conspiracy theories. The Grey Faction protests medical conferences, initiates legal action, and petitions medical boards. The faction has protested conferences held by the [[International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation]], which, it claims, advocates the discredited practice of [[recovered-memory therapy]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Malcolm |title=Satan Has No Interest in Molesting Your Kids |url=https://psmag.com/news/satan-has-no-interest-in-molesting-your-kids |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=Pacific Standard |date=October 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Laycock |first=Joseph |title=Satanic Temple Protests Pseudoscientific Therapies for Satanic Abuse and Witchcraft |url=http://religiondispatches.org/satanic-temple-protests-pseudoscientific-therapies-for-satanic-abuse-and-witchcraft/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=Religion Dispatches |date=April 6, 2016}}</ref> The group has also petitioned for investigation into the killing by Gigi Jordan of her child, which was connected to the discredited practice of [[facilitated communication]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Saint Thomas |first=Sophie |title=Satanists Call for Investigation into 'Satanic Panic' Killing of 8-Year-Old Boy |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/satanists-call-for-investigation-into-satanic-panic-killing-of-8-year-old-boy/ |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=Broadly |date=February 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Shewan |first=Dan |title=Conviction of Things Not Seen: The Uniquely American Myth of Satanic Cults |url=https://psmag.com/social-justice/make-a-cross-with-your-fingers-its-the-satanic-panic |access-date=November 29, 2018 |work=Pacific Standard |date=September 8, 2015}}</ref>

===Pink Mass===
In July 2013, the Satanic Temple held a "Pink Mass" over the grave of Catherine Johnston, the mother of [[Westboro Baptist Church]] founder [[Fred Phelps]].<ref name="GayForever">{{cite web |title=Satanic Temple Makes Deceased Westboro Baptists "Gay Forever" In Pink Mass Ceremony |url=https://www.queerty.com/satanic-temple-makes-deceased-westboro-baptists-gay-forever-in-pink-mass-ceremony-20130720 |first=Matthew |last=Tharrett |website=Queerty |access-date=November 29, 2018 |date=July 20, 2013}}</ref> The mass was held after the Westboro Baptist Church announced their intention to picket the funerals of the victims of the [[Boston Marathon bombing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Satanic Temple Turns Westboro Baptist Church Founder's Mom Gay, 'Pink Mass' Performed On Catherine Idalette Johnston [PHOTO] |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/satanic-temple-turns-westboro-baptist-church-founders-mom-gay-pink-mass-performed-catherine-idalette |first=Zoe |last=Mintz |website=[[International Business Times]] |access-date=November 29, 2018 |date=July 18, 2013}}</ref> The Pink Mass was officiated by Greaves and consisted of two gay men kissing over Johnston's grave while Greaves touched the tombstone with his genitals and chanted an incantation intended to change the deceased's sexual orientation.<ref>{{cite web |title=More Photos of Fred Phelps' Moms Gravesite |url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/28321/More-Photos-of-Fred-Phelps-Moms-Gravesite |website=The Gauntlet |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Warrant">{{cite web |title=Arrest Warrants Issued For Satanists That Performed Ritual At Westboro Gravesite |url=https://www.queerty.com/arrest-warrants-issued-for-satanists-that-performed-ritual-at-westboro-gravesite-20130725 |website=[[Queerty]] |access-date=November 29, 2018 |date=July 25, 2013}}</ref> Greaves was charged with a misdemeanor and was told that if he returned to [[Lauderdale County, Mississippi|Lauderdale County]], Mississippi, where Johnston's grave is, he would be arrested.<ref name="Warrant" /> Shortly before Phelps's death, on March 19, 2014, the Satanic Temple expressed interest in holding a similar ceremony for the church founder.<ref>{{cite web |title=NY Satanic Temple Wants to Posthumously Make Fred Phelps Gay |url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/ny-satanic-temple-wants-to-posthumously-make-fred-phelps-gay/ |first=Josh |last=Feldman |date=March 18, 2014 |website=[[Mediaite]] |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Satanic Group Plans to Turn Westboro Baptist Church Founder Gay in the Afterlife |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/satanic-group-plans-to-turn-westboro-baptist-church-founder-gay-in-the-afterlife-116382/ |website=Christian Post |first=Michael |last=Gryboski |date=March 19, 2014 |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> The [[Blessing of same-sex marriages in Christian churches|blessing of same-sex marriages]] is allowed in the Satanic Temple.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2019/08/23/the-satanic-temple-is-in-favour-of-equal-rights-for-lgbt-people/ |work=Pinknews |title=The Satanic Temple is in favour of equal rights for LGBT+ people |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=28 June 2024 }}</ref>

===Muslim refugee activism===
In November 2015, the Temple received media attention for offering to take in Muslims or refugees that were afraid of experiencing backlash over the [[November 2015 Paris attacks|2015 terrorist attacks in Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Satanic Temple offers help to Muslims amid post-Paris backlash |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/19/satanic-temple-offers-helping-hand-muslims-amid-su/ |date=November 19, 2015 |first=Andrew |last=Blake |website=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Esquire1">{{cite web |title=Why the Satanic Temple Is Opening Its Doors to American Muslims |url=https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a39904/satanic-temple-founder-interview-muslims/ |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |first=Matt |last=Miller |date=November 21, 2015 |access-date=November 29, 2018 |quote=co-founded the Temple in 2012 ... The Satanic Temple is an openly atheistic religion that Mesner says does not advocate for any supernatural belief. Really, the "Satanic" term is only there because they have the right to use it, as does any other religion.}}</ref>

===Demonization of Junipero Serra===
The Temple's Los Angeles Chapter has also protested the [[canonization]] of [[Junípero Serra]] by [[Pope Francis]] and in October 2015 they held a ceremony where they "demonized" the [[Mission (Christianity)|Christian missionary]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Nice try, Pope Francis, but to many, Junipero Serra is no saint |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/11/4/1442738/-Nice-try-Pope-Francis-but-to-many-Junipero-Serra-is-no-saint |website=[[Daily Kos]] |date=November 4, 2015 |first=Samuel |last=Vargo |access-date=November 29, 2018}}</ref> stating that Serra helped enslave thousands of Native Americans and that he "also led The [[Spanish Inquisition]] in his territories, trying residents of the Missions for the crimes of sorcery, witchcraft and devil worship."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Satanic Temple Is 'Demonizing' St. Junipero Serra Next Week |url=http://laist.com/2015/10/06/satanic_temple_vs_junipero_serra.php |website=[[LAist]] |access-date=November 29, 2018 |first=Juliet Bennett |last=Rylah |date=October 6, 2015 |archive-date=October 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009014658/http://laist.com/2015/10/06/satanic_temple_vs_junipero_serra.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>