Religious Freedom, Tolerance, and the black mass

A black mass is scheduled for the Oklahoma Civic Center on September 21 sponsored by this group. Here is Archbishop Coakley's statement responding to this disturbing news. WIth the Hobby Lobby decision this week, there has been much discussion about religious freedom in the news and on this blog.

A former student asked me: should sincrere satanists be entitled to the same religious freedom and tolerance as sincere adherents to other religions? Does the fact that satanists believe in God but worship God's enemy put them in a different category than Jews, Muslims, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Pagans, agnostics, and atheists? Does the fact that the black mass is an explicit inversion and mockery of the Catholic Mass put it in a different and unprotected or less protected category of "worship"? Could the framers have dreamt that black masses would be held openly in our country?

Fellow blogger, how should I respond to my former student?   

This is how the group describes the black mass:

The modern form of the Black Mass is still practiced by modern Devil Worshipers to celebrate the perversion of the Catholic Mass still seen in society today.  The Black Mass as gone through a transformation to maintain practice within societal law.  The consecrated host is corrupted by sexual fluids then it becomes the sacrifice of the mass.  The blasphemy remains intact along with corruption of Catholic Mass.  Modern/Laveyan Satanists see this as ritual to mock the Catholic Mass in the form of a blasphemy rite used to deprogram people from their Christian background, however Religious Satanism sees the Black Mass as a religious ceremony to empower themselves and receive a "blessing" from the Devil.  The Black Mass being performed at the Okc Civic Center has been toned downed as to allow it  to be performed in a public government building.  The authenticity and purpose of the Black Mass will remain in tact while allowing for slight changes so that a public viewing can occur without breaking Oklahoma's laws based on nudity, public urination, and other sex acts.