Self-described 'minion of Satan' to give invocation next year at Lighthouse Point City Hall
Source: Sun Sentinal
From Lake Worth to Hallandale Beach, no single person has bedeviled multiple city commissions quite like church-state separation activist Chaz Stevens.
Part political commentary, part performance art, Stevens' "Satan or Silence Project" has presented 11 South Florida municipalities with some stark choices: Either drop the invocation that opens city commission meetings, or allow him, a self-described "minion of Satan," to lead a prayer to the prince of darkness.
A year into Stevens' campaign, the Jupiter man recently got a date he can make: The city of Lighthouse Point has scheduled him to give an invocation at its July 12 meeting. Stevens figures some religious traditions are more welcome in front of city commissions than others, even though court rulings require they all be treated the same.
"It's religious freedom for all as long as it's my religion," Stevens said. Stevens, 51, also was scheduled on the Boynton Beach City Commission agenda in January. But Boynton's notifying email was sent four days before his scheduled appearance and didn't reach him in time, he said.
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