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Iowa City Regrets Religious Liberty Law After Satanic Council Prayer

Original: 'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting

An Iowa city council is scrambling to revise its rules after a new religious liberty measure opened council meetings to public prayer and a resident delivered a Satanic invocation. Council members debated when on the agenda they could, as one put it, undo the curse placed on the city. The episode has become the latest flashpoint in debates over religious freedom laws and their unintended consequences.

Why now: The ironic backfire of a religious liberty law, with a Satanic prayer testing its limits, is drawing widespread attention.

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'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting · 404 Media
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."

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