(Mount Vernon, WA) -- An attorney representing the Mount Vernon, Washington School District is advising officials to allow the Satanic Temple of Seattle to begin an after-school program at one of the district's elementary schools. The lawyer, Duncan Fobes, says if the district were to deny the application, it could set off costly litigation. Fobes tells the "Skagit Valley Herald" the district was one of nine throughout the country to receive such applications. A Satanic Temple spokesman says its curriculum doesn't worship a deity but focuses on teaching children logic, self-empowerment, and reasoning.