The Satanic Temple

Churches can have stances on political issues. They can't have a stance on how to vote.

A example would be gay marriage (to be clear, I'm 100% supportive of LGBT+). Many churches have been opposed to homosexuality for millenia. However, in the second half of of the 20th century it became a relevant political issue. That didn't mean the churches had to stop talking about it. I fact, that would be an example of the state inserting itself into religious teaching.

It's a fine line to walk. Churches don't pay some taxes, but they do pay others (my old church had a building it rented to a for-profit business, and that rent was taxable), and the employees all pay income tax. They also have some very-specific equal-employment exceptions. They can require that employees who serve a religious function be a practicing member of the faith and follow the rules of the church.

That is: the pastor and other religious-leadership employees of a Southern Baptist church can be fired if they're not Christian, are gay, or have an extra-martial affair. But the sound guy, finance director, and janitor cannot, because their job duties don't include religious leadership.

So, there's a lot of confusion about what TST is and what it does.

TST exists as a church for Satanism. Its activism is (primarily) based around fighting for the rights of Satanists.

If TST didn't need to fight for the rights of Satanists, it would still need to exist for every other reason that a church exists.

So it's the fact that it is needed that is bad, not the thing itself. If it's helping the problem I'd call that a good thing. Like medical care, or firefighting.