Florida Man Wants To Open A Meeting With Satanic Prayer (DAILY KOS)

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/10/1298304/-Florida-Man-Wants-To-Open-A-Meeting-With-Satanic-Prayer?fb_action_ids=10203535355040407&fb_action_types=og.likes#

Schadenfreude comes in many forms. There's of course the tasting of the Tears of Unfathomable Sadness, as well as the political equivalent of running up the score.

Well, now it comes in the category "Put up or Shut Up", otherwise known as "Be Careful What You Wish For".

Remember the Florida man who sued to put up a Festivus Pole on the State Capitol Grounds?

He's BACK! And he's going Next Level Religious Freedom. He's petitioning to have a meeting of his Town Council OR the Florida Senate open with a Satanic Prayer.

And he knows exactly what's up, too. The hypocrisy of religious fundamentalism is not lost on this guy. I don't know his beliefs, but I love his style:

Chaz Stevens — who made headlines last December when he forced Florida Governor Rick Scott to allow him to erect an 8-foot-tall Festivus pole made of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer cans next to Deerfield Beach’s nativity manger — told the New Times that he recently converted from “Pabstfestidian” because “Satan is a cool dude.”

“Think of all the people he’s in charge of,” Stevens said. “Do you want to be stuck listening to harp music in the afterlife? Hell no. I want to drink beer and hang with hookers.”

He then tacked to a more serious course, adding “I just want equal billing. We allow various religious nutjobs to give a prayer. They pray to Jesus who is make-believe, god who is make-believe, why not Satan who is make-believe?”

“Why discriminate against one make-believe god over another?” he continued. “Satan and I are being circumvented. The city of Deerfield Beach has once again declared war on religion — and this time it’s Satanism.”

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Haha! I say go for it!!

[grasswire]

1. been waiting for this nt

[Rozlee]

2. People should be free to worship the Golden Calf, the Goat God, Huitzilopochtli, Cthulhu, etc...

in public venues, just like major religions do. And if that guy wants to drink beer and hang with hookers in the afterlife, he'd be better off as a Pastafarian. They have beer volcanos and strippers when they die.