The devil-worshiping 'Ministers of Satan' who now have an 'unprecedented opportunity' to be school chaplains... because of a Republican law

Conservatives have reacted angrily to revelations that devil worshipers plan to send 'Ministers of Satan' into Oklahoma schools to guide students under a new GOP law.

The outrage comes amid the passage of a senate bill that would allow volunteer chaplains in Sooner State schools, subject to background checks.

The Satanic Temple (TST), a decade-old religious and political group, says the bill would let them send members into schools and offer 'compassionate guidance to students.'

State Superintendent Ryan Walters says satanists 'are not welcome in schools, but they are welcome to go to hell.'

Lucien Greaves, co-founder of the Salem-based Satanic Temple, says the devil has been misunderstood

State Superintendent Ryan Walters says the satanists should 'go to hell'

'In Oklahoma, we have conservative values,' the Republican told DailyMail.com.

'President Joe Biden and the National Education Association want Christianity out of the classroom and are advocating for our kids to have zero morality and faith.'

Johnny Davis, of the National School Chaplain Association, said satanists were 'spreading lies' as they did not have any qualified chaplains on their books.

'The Satanic Temple is using threats by means of trying to hijack the term 'chaplain' for their own ideological and political agendas,' Davis told DailyMail.com.

Members are 'trying to hold children's mental and spiritual health hostage,' he added.

Senate Bill 36 would allow Oklahoma's public school to welcome faith-based chaplains as hired staff or as volunteers to support students.

They would be subject to background checks.

It passed the House by a 54-37 vote on April 26 and an amended version is back with senators.

Advocates of the bill say it would boost the number of chaplains in schools who could support students during a youth mental health crisis.

School chaplain Rev. Dominic Bouck performs an Ash Wednesday ceremony in North Dakota in 2019

A meeting of the National School Chaplain Association, which says satanists are hijacking the term 'chaplain' for their own agenda   

Satanists view Satan as a literary figure rather than the literal devil found in the Bible, says the group's co-founder 

If adopted by the Senate and signed by Gov Kevin Stitt, it would become effective on November 1.

The text uses universal language and does not state which groups can volunteer chaplains.

A school board that turned down a Satanic Temple volunteer, but accepted Christians, could be slapped with a First Amendment discrimination suit, says House Democrat Jared Deck.

'This is the logical end to poorly crafted legislation,' Deck told DailyMail.com.

'While Oklahoma public schools have a dearth of both mental health and career counselors, granting more uncertified people access to children is not a solution.'

TST earlier this month announced plans to send members into Oklahoma schools under the new chaplain law.

The group is recognized by the federal government as a tax-exempt church.

Rachel Chambliss, the satanists' operations chief, said the law offered her members an 'unprecedented opportunity for our Ministers of Satan to join the state workforce.'

'We are committed to offering compassionate guidance to students who come to us so that we can help make positive changes,' she added.

The Satanic Temple is headquartered in Salem, Massachusetts, but has members across the US and internationally 

The Satanic Temple sponsors the 'After School Satan Club,' in Saucon Valley, Pennsylvania

Lilith Starr, head of the Satanic Temple chapter in Seattle, Washington

Her chaplains should be 'afforded equal opportunities to participate in this program,' she said.

Once in schools, they would offer 'compassionate guidance to students who come to us so that we can help make positive changes in their lives,' she said.

They would be 'listening to their needs and providing support,' she added.

Texas passed a similar bill about volunteer chaplains last year, and lawmakers in Utah are currently debating another.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed another school chaplain bill last month, but insisted it would not lead to satanists in classrooms.

'Some have said that if you do a school chaplain program, that somehow you're going to have satanists running around in all our schools,' DeSantis said.

'We're not playing those games in Florida,' he added, adding that satanism was 'not a religion. That is not qualifying to be able to participate in this.'

The Satanic temple was founded by Lucien Greaves and others in 2013 and has its headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts.

Greaves has previously said that satanism is misunderstood by American society.

Satanists view Satan as a literary figure representing an eternal struggle against authoritarianism, rather than the literal devil found in the Bible, he says.