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Despite Pushback, Atheist Gives Lovely Invocation to Oskaloosa (IA) City Council
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/07/despite-pushback-atheist-gives-lovely-invocation-to-oskaloosa-ia-city-council/
Despite Pushback, Atheist Gives Lovely Invocation to Oskaloosa (IA) City Council
July 7, 2017 by Hemant Mehta
Iowa atheist activist Justin Scott delivered his controversial-to-some invocation at last night’s meeting of the Oskaloosa City Council and it was, as expected, perfectly reasonable and inspiring.
You can hear it at the 1:10 mark in the video below:
There’s nothing in there that should have offended anyone. Justin went out of his way to let people know they could stand up, sit down, look at him, or turn their backs to him. It didn’t matter. He wasn’t going to be bothered by it.
The words were wonderful, too, talking about the power of humanity and our shared ability to do good. Yet only about half the council members appeared to stand out of respect. Oh well.