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Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

An Iowa man has kicked off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa, Iowa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse.”

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[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 90 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Another citizen, a pastor named Rick Bick, rushed to the podium. “Let’s just reverse that curse that was just put on our city,” he said. “That ending with hail Satan and hail dark god. That’s not welcome here.”

“Mayor, that should be done at the end,” city councilor Cara Galloway said.

“It needs to be done now, OK.” Rick said. “I appreciate what Ms. Galloway is saying but that was a curse put on our city when he said ‘Hail Satan’ and the dark god and most of you know that. And we need to just stop and reverse it.”

“So what I’m gonna do now…I’m just gonna invite us into a 30 second time of prayer — time of silence.”

“No,” Galloway said. “We are at the consent agenda. I’m sorry, but it’s time to move forward. The invocation happened.”

“As mayor of this city…I’m going to ask right now that we do a moment of silence to reflect on whatever it is we need to reflect on at this time. And then we will move to the consent agenda,” mayor Benjamin Foote said.

I should start giving incantations, that reaction is gold.

[–] BrainBow65@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And this is exactly why the Satanic Temple exists.

Hail Satan

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I used to be a preacher, and am still a Christian. I also have given money to the Satanic Temple because the work they do is important.

Separation of church and state is good for the government, the churches, and society at large.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

You're chill, man. Keep on keepin' on.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago

you can tell the real christian churches because they are active in protesting in the current time.

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 2 days ago

I just bought a hoodie and mug from them. I been on the email list for years. Solid trolling on their part.

[–] Naive@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mayor's worst nightmare came true

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Too tight of a schedule to cast that counter spell.

Plus an Oathbreaker only has so many spell slots 🤷🏻

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thick prick Rick Bick is a sick dick.