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Satanist Invocation Prompts Phoenix Council To Look At Rule Change

Phoenix City Hall
Christina Estes/KJZZ
Phoenix City Hall.

The Phoenix City Council will consider on Wednesday changing its rules for who can give invocations before council meetings.

The proposal is being advanced by four council members in response to a controversy over followers of the Satanic Temple, who are scheduled to give the invocation at a meeting this month.

Other city leaders, however, disagree with the efforts saying the issue is about religious freedom, and all groups should be allowed to speak.  

Will Stone was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2015 to 2019.