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PENSACOLA, Fla. — Last week, religious rights activist David Suhor delivered an invocation before the Pensacola city council. It wasn’t the first time that he had successfully lobbied for the right to give an opening prayer before a local governmental body. However, doing so as a member of The Satanic Temple resulted in much more attention than when Suhor offered a specifically Pagan prayer before the Escambia County commission in 2014. While only one commissioner left the room during the 2014 prayer, his recent appearance before the city council was greeted by dozens of Christians seeking to drown him out.
When Suhor rose to deliver the invocation, dressed in a black robe with a hood partially obscuring his face, many of the attendees rose along with him. It was not their intention, however, to join their voices in with his Satanic prayer. They stood to recite the Lord’s Prayer, while some of their number brandished crosses and apparently sought to cast out demons. After the protesters began their third recitation of the Christian prayer, council president Charles Bare was forced to order the room cleared.
prayer during the delivery of the invocation at the previous meeting, which had been called to specifically discuss whether prayers should be replaced with moments of silence. The first twelve minutes of the official video show the entire series of events as they unfolded, including how the fervor spilled over into the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
“My approach in the beginning was to get invocations dropped” from the meetings, Suhor told The Wild Hunt, but those efforts led to no changes. Now, he said, “I am demanding radical inclusion.”
That shift was in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Town of Greece v Galloway, which rather than eliminating prayers from public meetings, required that members of all religions be given the opportunity. In addition to the prayer he offered before the county commissioners meeting, he has also tried to get on the agenda of the Escambia County School Board and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, but was unsuccessful.
Why not? Of course, this now opens any public Christian prayer to being subjected to Satanists standing up to drown out the Lord's Prayer with one of their own.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Last week, religious rights activist David Suhor delivered an invocation before the Pensacola city council. It wasn’t the first time that he had successfully lobbied for the right to give an opening prayer before a local governmental body. However, doing so as a member of The Satanic Temple resulted in much more attention than when Suhor offered a specifically Pagan prayer before the Escambia County commission in 2014. While only one commissioner left the room during the 2014 prayer, his recent appearance before the city council was greeted by dozens of Christians seeking to drown him out.
When Suhor rose to deliver the invocation, dressed in a black robe with a hood partially obscuring his face, many of the attendees rose along with him. It was not their intention, however, to join their voices in with his Satanic prayer. They stood to recite the Lord’s Prayer, while some of their number brandished crosses and apparently sought to cast out demons. After the protesters began their third recitation of the Christian prayer, council president Charles Bare was forced to order the room cleared.
prayer during the delivery of the invocation at the previous meeting, which had been called to specifically discuss whether prayers should be replaced with moments of silence. The first twelve minutes of the official video show the entire series of events as they unfolded, including how the fervor spilled over into the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
“My approach in the beginning was to get invocations dropped” from the meetings, Suhor told The Wild Hunt, but those efforts led to no changes. Now, he said, “I am demanding radical inclusion.”
That shift was in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Town of Greece v Galloway, which rather than eliminating prayers from public meetings, required that members of all religions be given the opportunity. In addition to the prayer he offered before the county commissioners meeting, he has also tried to get on the agenda of the Escambia County School Board and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, but was unsuccessful.
It would be interesting to see what would happen other people stood up & sited a Satanic prayer.
Just more proof that Christians are not interested in freedom of religion. They are only interested in freedom for THEIR religion. They want to be able to run roughshod over all other religions (or irreligious), and keep them quiet. They are all for religion in the public sphere, as long as it is ONLY Christianity. They are sad and hypocritical people.
Just more proof that Christians are not interested in freedom of religion. They are only interested in freedom for THEIR religion. They want to be able to run roughshod over all other religions (or irreligious), and keep them quiet. They are all for religion in the public sphere, as long as it is ONLY Christianity. They are sad and hypocritical people.
Watched the video. Found the tangible fear in the room from the theocrat contingent amusing. Almost like they think they are going to be immediately cursed by being in the same room with the guy. Actually, some of them probably do think that.
Absolutely. The sad thing is, they don't even understand what the problem is. They don't understand why everyone won't just shut up and let them do whatever they please. It is quite ridiculous.
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Watched the video. Found the tangible fear in the room from the theocrat contingent amusing. Almost like they think they are going to be immediately cursed by being in the same room with the guy. Actually, some of them probably do think that.
Yea, it is very amusing. Especially, if you live down here as I do, as a non believer, and hear the people talk about it. You would think the guy just tried to turn the courtroom into a Satanic Temple complete with human sacrifices or some such nonsense. It is quite amusing indeed.
Absolutely. The sad thing is, they don't even understand what the problem is. They don't understand why everyone won't just shut up and let them do whatever they please. It is quite ridiculous.
Yea, it is very amusing. Especially, if you live down here as I do, as a non believer, and hear the people talk about it. You would think the guy just tried to turn the courtroom into a Satanic Temple complete with human sacrifices or some such nonsense. It is quite amusing indeed.
I'm in South Carolina so i am reasonably familiar with the mindset.
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Last week, religious rights activist David Suhor delivered an invocation before the Pensacola city council. It wasn’t the first time that he had successfully lobbied for the right to give an opening prayer before a local governmental body. However, doing so as a member of The Satanic Temple resulted in much more attention than when Suhor offered a specifically Pagan prayer before the Escambia County commission in 2014. While only one commissioner left the room during the 2014 prayer, his recent appearance before the city council was greeted by dozens of Christians seeking to drown him out.
When Suhor rose to deliver the invocation, dressed in a black robe with a hood partially obscuring his face, many of the attendees rose along with him. It was not their intention, however, to join their voices in with his Satanic prayer. They stood to recite the Lord’s Prayer, while some of their number brandished crosses and apparently sought to cast out demons. After the protesters began their third recitation of the Christian prayer, council president Charles Bare was forced to order the room cleared.
prayer during the delivery of the invocation at the previous meeting, which had been called to specifically discuss whether prayers should be replaced with moments of silence. The first twelve minutes of the official video show the entire series of events as they unfolded, including how the fervor spilled over into the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
“My approach in the beginning was to get invocations dropped” from the meetings, Suhor told The Wild Hunt, but those efforts led to no changes. Now, he said, “I am demanding radical inclusion.”
That shift was in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Town of Greece v Galloway, which rather than eliminating prayers from public meetings, required that members of all religions be given the opportunity. In addition to the prayer he offered before the county commissioners meeting, he has also tried to get on the agenda of the Escambia County School Board and the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, but was unsuccessful.
I'm in South Carolina so i am reasonably familiar with the mindset.
Yea, I imagine you are! The south is filled to the brim with people like this, which makes me quite sad. After all, I was born, raised, and have lived my entire life down here (Between AL, TN, and NC). However, the stupidity gets to you after awhile, which is why I am actively trying to leave the southeast.
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