Town Council Meeting in Iowa Opens with Invocation to Satan
The invocation drew immediate reactions and was viewed more than 5,000 times online by Wednesday afternoon, city officials and a pastor said.
- Former Ottumwa council member Matt Dalbey opened the October 6 meeting with an invocation ending in “Hail Satan.”
- Pastor Rick Bick called the invocation a curse and demanded that the council reverse it, while Mayor Benjamin Foote called for 30 seconds of silence.
- Dalbey said the invocation came from the Satanic Temple of Iowa, which he described as non-theistic and not worshiping a satanic deity.
- Ottumwa’s January policy allows invocations reflecting religious, nonreligious, or other beliefs.
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Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer and 'Hail Satan'
The Ottumwa City Council in Iowa erupted after a former member opened a meeting with a satanic prayer ending in "Hail Satan," prompting a pastor to demand action.
Satanic Prayer Causes Uproar at City Council Meeting
In this Ottumwa Courier article, Chad Drury reports that a satanic invocation ending in “Hail Satan” overshadowed Tuesday’s 80-minute Ottumwa City Council meeting. Former council member Matt Dalbey opened the City Hall session with a prayer used by the Satanic Temple of Iowa, of which he is a member, and told the Courier it “has […]
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