Satanists who thought they outsmarted the Phoenix City Council and cowed them with subtle threats of legal action into allowing them the right to deliver invocations, along with leaders of Christian churches, at the beginning of local government gatherings were thwarted at the last minute when governing officials decided to go with a moment of silence instead.
"The Phoenix City Council approved amending the practice related to invocations," city spokesperson Julie Watters said in a statement reported by CBS 5. "Effective immediately, and from this point forward, the new practice for the invocati0n will be a moment of silent prayer. The invocation is considered a city practice and the council has the authority to change a city practice. At the next formal Phoenix City Council meeting ... a moment of silent prayer will begin the meeting."
The upcoming meeting was the one where members of the...