Christians in Pensacola, Florida united on Thursday to protest against and disrupt a satanic prayer held during a city council meeting.
The Pensacola city council has had a tradition of concluding all meetings with Christian prayer, but it had agreed, under the leadership of President Charles Bare, to let the satanists say their own prayer after fearing that refusing their request would lead to claims of religious discrimination and litigation.
The co-founder of the local chapter of the Satanic Temple, David Suhor, approached the podium ready to proceed with his invocation of the devil.