Meeting prompts protests due to Satanic invocation

The tension Tuesday at the San Marcos City Hall and on the premises outside prior to the scheduled regular meeting could be seen on faces and heard as religious groups held signs calling on passing cars to honk in response.

Scheduled to give the invocation prayer during the meeting was Lanzifer Eligus Longinus, a representative of the Satanic Temple, and well known in Central Texas.

There was not an empty seat in the council chambers, with the media heavily in attendance, waiting to get a photo of Longinus as he gave his invocation.