I bet the Satanists and atheists are too.

As a longtime atheist, I've given invocations at public meetings, myself, on a few dozen occasions. A few times, I did so for government bodies, like city councils or county boards. Completely non-religious ones. Like that Satanist, my invocations always call for decisions to be made logically and with concern for those who aren't there to speak. However, I didn't invoke some other deity. I just ended with, "Thank you."

In some cases, I asked to give an invocation as a non-religious person, for reasons of fairness. In a few cases, I was asked to do so by someone in the group, who recognized that different forms of invocation should be part of the mix.

Oddly enough, my religion-free invocations were always well-received and did not lead to angry criticisms. Mostly, nobody noticed that I left off any mention of any sort of deity. I thought that was interesting at the time.

I have invocations (calls to fair and logical action), statements before meals, (recognition of sources), and benedictions (good words) ready to deliver on demand. I can deliver them at a moment's notice, and am always happy to do so. They are all brief and non-confrontational, and have no religious content whatsoever.

I suspect this is a stunt to increase divisiveness in the community.

for making the decision. They can continue to allow equal access as required by the law, or they can do away with the "invocations" altogether. Either of these actions will no doubt offend many local Christians, and the assembly members won't want to be on the hook one way or the other.

I hope Ms. Fontana's house insurance is paid up.

Your bullshit "invocations" were always divisive. That was the point of having them in the first place, to be divisive by excluding non-Christians.

Who listens anyhow?