Lucien Greaves

Lucien Greaves is the pseudonym used by Doug Mesner as the spokesman for, and co-founder of, The Satanic Temple,[1] an American atheist activist organization.[1][2][3] He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and prior to the founding of the Satanic Temple in 2012, studied neuroscience at Harvard Extension School.[2]

In 2012, Florida governor Rick Scott promoted a bill to allow student-led prayer at school assemblies, and Mesner responded by holding a mock rally outside the Florida State Capitol expressing how "Satanic children could pray to Satan in school".[4] Mesner held up a sign saying “Hail Satan! Hail Rick Scott!”

References

  1. 1 2 Miller, Matt (November 21, 2015). "Why the Satanic Temple Is Opening Its Doors to American Muslims". Esquire (magazine) (Hearst Magazines). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Shane Bugbee (July 31, 2013). "Unmasking Lucien Greaves, Leader of the Satanic Temple". Vice. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  3. ↑ "Lucien Greaves of the Satanic Temple". Detroit Metro Times. May 27, 2014. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  4. ↑ Oppenheimer, Mark (2015-07-10). "A Mischievous Thorn in the Side of Conservative Christianity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
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