Satanic Temple asks city council for OK to give invocation

BOSTON — Satanists want to give their blessings to city leaders in Boston.

The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2e6MxXY) a local chapter of the Satanic Temple is asking the City Council for permission to give the invocation that typically kicks off its City Hall meetings.

The chapter argued in a letter Tuesday to Democratic Council President Michelle Wu it would be a “breach of the first amendment” for the council to turn down the request.

The nontheistic organization says those giving the opening prayer are “overwhelmingly Christian.”