It’s called Odin’s Rite. They already have applied for religious status within the United States, and it was granted without any hesitation. They also have applied to have Odinist rituals performed within the military for those who wish it (Though this may take a while, as there are not very many Odinists within the military, though I was one of them.) They have prison outreach programs, food drives, basic charity work. So yeah, they sure all got thrown into Guantanamo. I’m glad to see the government shows a more enlightened view than you.

The controversy arose because one of the speakers was from Anton Lavey’s “Church of Satan.” Parents were aghast at this particular speaker — which is, as anyone who looks it up knows, not really “Satanist” per se, but hedonist and anti-Christian. (No baby sacrificing or anything like that.) So the schools passed out permission slips for that speaker only, allowing parents to opt out of letting their children hear that speaker.

Apparently the First Amendment implications were completely lost on the school board, because the CoS promptly sued for religious discrimination. (The parents should have sued as well, since their children were obligated to hear all the other religious babblers.) I don’t recall the outcome, but that’s what happens when you allow the government to give its imprimatur to mythology, and allow mythologists to address schoolchildren and present their beliefs as facts.