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Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer and 'Hail Satan'
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What happenedA former Ottumwa City Council member opened a meeting with a satanic prayer ending in "Hail Satan," prompting a pastor to call the controversial incident a "curse.".
The headline splitFox News frames it as "Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer an...". OAN frames it as "Controversy erupts at Iowa city council meeting following Luciferian opening invocation:...".
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Right / center-rightIowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer and 'Hail Satan'
Iowa city council meeting erupts after former member opens meeting with satanic prayer and 'Hail Satan'
A former Ottumwa City Council member opened a meeting with a satanic prayer ending in "Hail Satan," prompting a pastor to call the controversial incident a "curse."
Iowa city council erupts after starting with satanic prayer: ‘A curse put on the city’
"Dear dark father" and "Hail Satan" were the words that kicked off the Ottumwa City Council's first meeting this month after former member Matt Dalbey stepped up to read its regular invocat...
Controversy erupts at Iowa city council meeting following Luciferian opening invocation: ‘HAIL SATAN’
A routine local government gathering turned into a scene of intense uproar in Ottumwa, Iowa, after a scheduled invocation opened the City Council session with a prayer directed to a "dark f...
