Editing Religion and sexuality (section)

===Satanism===
[[LaVeyan Satanism]] is critical of Abrahamic sexual [[mores]], considering them narrow, restrictive and hypocritical. Sex is viewed as an indulgence, but one that should only be freely entered into with consent. [[LaVeyan Satanism#The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth|The Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth]] only give two instructions regarding sex, namely "Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal" and "Do not harm little children", although the latter is much broader and encompasses physical and other abuse. This has always been consistent part of [[Church of Satan]] policy since its inception in 1966 as [[Peter H. Gilmore]] wrote in an essay supporting [[same sex marriage]]:
{{blockquote|Finally, since certain people try to suggest that our attitude on sexuality is "anything goes" despite our stated base principle of "responsibility to the responsible," we must reiterate another fundamental dictate: The Church of Satan's philosophy strictly forbids sexual activity with children as well as with non-human animals.<ref name="churchofsatan.com">{{cite web|last=Peter |first=Magus |url=http://www.churchofsatan.com/Pages/FoundingFamily.html |title=Founding Family |website=Churchofsatan.com |date=2004-03-09 |access-date=2017-06-30}}</ref>}}

Satanists are pluralists, accepting gays, lesbians, bisexuals, [[BDSM]], [[Polyamory|polyamorists]], [[transgender]] people, and [[asexuality|asexuals]]. In that essay, he also stated:
{{blockquote|The Church of Satan is the first church to fully accept members regardless of sexual orientation and so we champion weddings/civil unions between adult partners whether they be of opposite or the same sex. So long as love is present and the partners wish to commit to a relationship, we support their desire for a legally recognized partnership, and the rights and privileges which come from such a union.<ref name="churchofsatan.com"/>}}

Allegations have been made by antifascist organisations, several British politicians and the media that the [[Order of Nine Angles]] condones and encourages sexual abuse, and this has been given as one of the reasons why the O9A should be proscribed by the British government. Many O9A members openly view rape as an effective way to undermine society by transgressing against its norms. White Star Acception commits rapes by their own admission and O9A texts such as "The Dreccian Way", "Iron Gates", "Bluebird" and "The Rape Anthology" recommend and praise rape and pedophilia, even suggesting rape is necessary for "ascension of the Ubermensch". To advance in rank, ONA member must perform assaults, lynching and sexual assault being the most recommended.<ref name=GNET>{{cite web|url=https://gnet-research.org/2024/01/19/764-the-intersection-of-terrorism-violent-extremism-and-child-sexual-exploitation/|work=Global Network on Extremism and Technology|date=19 January 2024|title=764: The Intersection of Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and Child Sexual Exploitation}}</ref><ref>Sieg, George (2013). "Angular Momentum: From Traditional to Progressive Satanism in the Order of Nine Angles". International Journal for the Study of New Religions. 4 (2): 251–283. doi:10.1558/ijsnr.v4i2.251.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Order of Nine Angles |url=https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/order-nine-angles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013200546/https://www.counterextremism.com/supremacy/order-nine-angles |archive-date=2022-10-13 |access-date=2020-07-25 |publisher=[[Counter Extremism Project]] |quote=One piece of propaganda the group produced is called The Rape Anthology, a collection of ONA writings praising Hitler, Satan and rape, while employing Islamic terminology and demonizing Jews and minorities. Some of the essays suggest that rape is necessary for the ascension of the Ubermensch.}}</ref> Material promoting pedophilia has also appeared in ONA's in house magazine ''Fenrir''.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/naos-a-practical-guide-to-modern-magick/ONA%20-%20Fenrir%20Volume%20III%2C%20Issue%20II/page/n3/mode/2up ONA – Fenrir Volume III, Issue II. The Girl Goddess]</ref> According to [[BBC News]], "the authorities are concerned by the number of paedophiles associated with the ONA".<ref name="terrorism">* {{Cite web |date=March 9, 2020 |title=State of Hate 2020 |url=https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/state-of-hate-2020-final.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121817/https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/state-of-hate-2020-final.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2020 |publisher=[[Hope not Hate]] |quote=Over the last 12 months four nazis convicted of terrorist offences have been linked to O9A, and there are two more cases pending.}}
* {{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53141759 | title=Order of Nine Angles: What is this obscure Nazi Satanist group? | work=[[BBC News]] | quote=The Sonnenkrieg Division, with its glorification of sexual violence, highlights another disturbing theme relating to the ONA – sexual offending as a way of undermining social norms.&nbsp;... The authorities are concerned by the number of paedophiles associated with the ONA, taking the group into a different area of law enforcement activity. | date=June 29, 2020 | access-date=June 29, 2020 | archive-date=October 6, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006112100/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-53141759 | url-status=live }}
* {{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49773773 | title=High Wycombe neo-Nazi Jacek Tchorzewski jailed for terror offences | work=[[BBC News]] | date=September 20, 2019 | quote=The satanist text demonstrated a 'marked fixation with blood, the sexualisation of violence, a paedophilic projection of adult sexuality onto children, and with achieving National Socialist political goals through political violence and acts of terrorism'. | access-date=June 25, 2020 | archive-date=October 18, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018171454/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-49773773 | url-status=live }}
* {{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51682760 | title=UK Nazi Satanist group should be outlawed, campaigners urge | work=[[BBC News]] | date=July 16, 2020 | quote=ONA's Nazi-Satanist ideology, a supernatural worldview that encourages the disruption of society through violence, criminality and sexual offending. | access-date=March 6, 2020 | archive-date=October 13, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013200544/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51682760 | url-status=live }}</ref>