City Council invocations may divide area residents more than they inspire us

An invocation controversy arose in San Marcos on May 16 when a Satanist leader gave the invocation at a meeting of the City Council.

The matter was seen as so significant by some that two members of the Council appeared to absent themselves from the dais during the invocation, many people offered their own certified Christian prayers during the Public Comment period later in the meeting, and there was an organized protest by Christians outside City Hall against the Satanic invocation prior to the meeting.

In the invocation, both Lucifer and Satan were mentioned once.