Posted on 05/10/2014 1:40:17 PM PDT by Theoria
A Florida rabble-rouser wants the city of Deerfield Beach to allow him to say a satanist prayer at the beginning of a council meeting.
Of course, Chaz Stevens' request comes after the Supreme Court ruled that sectarian prayer before a government meeting does not necessarily violate the Constitution's Establishment Clause.
Stevens has a history of exploring the separation of church and state in dramatic fashion: In December of 2013, for example, he was allowed to set up a Festivus pole — made of empty beer cans — in the rotunda of the Florida state Capitol.
In a short phone interview, Stevens tells us he had just recently converted to Satanism. It was the first time, he says, that he had committed to any god.
He said the Supreme Court has a long history of getting things wrong. He cites the court's 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, where they decided that segregation did not amount to discrimination.
With its decision in Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway, the court is blurring the line between church and state, he says.
"If the Supreme Court wants to open up the door to this, Satan and I will walk through," he adds.
Four days after the court's decision in Town of Greece, Stevens wrote the city attorney and the city commissioners to ask for a turn to give the opening prayer. He even provided an example of what he might read.
"O mighty Lord Satan, / teach us to become strong and wise! / Teach us to vanquish the enemies / of our freedom and well-being!" he proposes to say.
In fairness, the Supreme Court did not change its precedent on prayer before meetings in the Town of Greece decision. Instead it reaffirmed a tradition that dates back to the Continental Congress of 1774.
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I believe there is a “community standars” test, isn’t there?
How many citizens in the community would be okay with an invocation to the enemy of their souls?
Attention whore alert!
Can of worms has been opened up that a community standards test will not solve. Nice try.
Okay, let the pinhead utter his invocation to the prince of darkness.
Everybody who cares can just block their ears.
In a short phone interview, Stevens tells us he had just recently converted to Satanism. It was the first time, he says, that he had committed to any god.
Satan is a creature, not a god.
Looks like Stevens is in for a big after-death surprise.
;-)
Well, I do agree with him on that point.
“rabble-rouser” doesn’t mean what the author thinks it means.
“I believe there is a “community standars” test, isn’t there?”
Would human sacrifice meet that test in Florida? Maybe Detroit?
These people need to be “educated”. However, that would require strength which Americans no longer have within themselves.
Well, we wanted prayer, we got it.
Any Christians present should pray out loud and drown him out - or join the meeting after he does whatever it is he calls it.
Let us examine his life and his background and I bet we will figure out pretty quickly why he chose Satanism as his “religion”
I move to amend to “O mighty Lord Satan, lord of the Democratic Party...
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