A member of the Satanic Temple of Washington delivered the first invocation under a new Battle Ground City Council policy, marking the start of a practice intended to bring opening prayers, statements or moments of silence to future council meetings.
Bast Sekhmet, representing the Satanic Temple, addressed the council during its Monday, Oct. 5 meeting, offering remarks inspired by the organization’s seven tenets, or ethical principles. The invocation followed the adoption of Resolution 26-04, which established a written policy for opening invocations at council meetings…