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

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

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From the article:
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."

I'm glad that Nate Edwards left open the definition of "good" and "bad".

[–] ChicoSuave 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He's seems to know how to do his job. Good lawyer?

[–] homesweethomeMrL 9 points 11 months ago

We’ll take competent.