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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 reportedly reconsidering a new religious liberty law it passed to allow prayer at council meetings, after an invocation opened with the words 'It is done. Hail Satan.' The council then debated when on the agenda it could address 'undoing the curse that was just put on our city.' Critics say the episode illustrates the risks of broad religious freedom measures that open government forums to all faiths, including minority ones.

Why now: The immediate ironic consequence of the law — a Satanic invocation — makes the story widely shared as a cautionary tale about religious liberty policies.

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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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