Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)

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Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)

Satanist gives opening prayer to Nevada's Washoe County Commissioner Clara Andriola, eliciting shock and outrage. Hail Satan!

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Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)​

MARK FRAUENFELDER 10:11 AM THU JAN 18, 2024​

Jason Miller of Reno Satanic delivers the opening prayer at the Washoe County Board of Commissioners meeting on Jan 16, 2024.

Nevada's Washoe County Commissioner Clara Andriola thought it was a good idea to force her religious beliefs on others by demanding pre-meeting prayers. But when the founder of Reno Satanic, Jason Miller, gave the opening prayer at Tuesday's meeting with a hearty "Hail, Satan!" Ms. Andriola was so offended that she got up and left the dais. You see, in Ms. Andriola's world, "freedom of religion" means "you must worship my god and my god only."

In his prayer, Miller said, "In the name of the eternal rebel against tyrannical authority, in the spirit of your nature of the natural world, the freedoms of thought and expression, unprejudiced intellectual inquiry, economics and social progress to bring influence and guiding actions of nobility and justice to the decisions made in this chamber today, to act with might and the undertaking of responsibility that may lay ahead of this body before us today. The New Age is dawning that these decisions will play a role in. For our liberation, for here and now is our day of joy, here and now is our opportunity. May we seize this glorious day and its enchanting nights to celebrate the wonders of the natural world, as we are all part of its boundless mysteries."

He concluded with 'Hail, Satan!' eliciting displeasure from a few audience members who shouted the name of Jesus.

Ms. Andriola stated her intention to work with the county's legal counsel to limit who could give invocations at the meetings. According to The Reno Gazette Journal:

Later in the meeting, when it was time for commissioner comments, Andriola said she would like to publicly state that she disagreed with the invocation presenter.

She then asked the county's legal counsel – Nate Edwards of the district attorney's office – to clarify the county's requirements when honoring requests from groups wishing to deliver the invocation.

Edwards said that satanic invocations are part of a trend.

"The federal law is that you don't have to open your floor for invocations," he said. "If you do open your floor for invocations, then federal law is that you have to let everybody have a turn signing up. So I guess you take the good with the bad."

Satanists are facing increasing hostility from Christian nationalists. In December 2023, a Satanic Temple display at the Iowa Capitol destroyed by an irate Christian man.

• HYPOCRISY
  
• RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  
• SATANISM

 

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ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun

 

[Arianne Martell]

 

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https://archive.is/t75jc

https://archive.is/mPsel

Andriola responded to Edwards’ information by calling on “our entire faith-based community to contact the county manager’s office to be considered for an invocation.”

Commissioner Mike Clark agreed with Edwards that the satanic prayer was a consequence of allowing invocations.

“Commissioner Andriola asked for the invocations and now we’ve got this unintended consequence,” he said. “You’ll notice, she got up and left the room when this happened. The rest of us had to sit here and listen to that crap.”

He said he’d received messages from people asking why he stayed.

“At the end of the day, my faith is stronger than that,” Clark said and then referred to Miller. “He can say what he wants, but he’s not going to convert me to his program.”

“But,” he added, “as the district attorney Mr. Edwards said, when you open it up, this is what you get – so own it.”

 

[Arianne Martell]

but the thing is the invocation was pretty positive....what was so
offensive about what he said?

 

[east]

the gamut of faces on that cacette (?) in the back

 

[Ghost Utmost]

That's pretty hilarious.

 

[Dr. Acula]

Bring in an Imam while youre at it and watch their heads explode

This is why keeping your religious bullshyt out of government is good not just for those who don't want the government to pick a religion but also because you can also avoid being preached to from religions you don't agree with.

Several first world countries do just fine with secular governments. Why do American Jesus freaks fail to see this?

 

[8WON6]

be careful what you ask for

 

[010101]

HA*

 

[CopiousX]

@SATAN !?!

 

[Windows 91]

Religion is holding this country back

 

[RedCloakBlackWraithe]

the comedian in me says .........checkmate...


the good christian man i was raised to be says




but the man that i am can't help but laugh

 

[the cac mamba]

i can't help but notice that "god" and "jesus" are pretty weak, insecure, and ineffective. seems like they're constantly needing Republicans in America to protect them from being slighted

 

[Lexington Steele]

If this happened in Ireland: "Is he a Protestant Satanist or a Catholic Satanist?"