Editing The Satanic Temple (section)

===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>