[OT] Florida Mayor banishes Satan

[Hand of Vecna]

I'd heard vague stories about this several weeks ago, but it was on the FOX news last night, and on CNN.com last night. This is Mayor Risher's proclamation:

Be it known from this day forward that Satan, ruler of darkness, giver of evil, destroyer of what is good and just, is not now, nor ever again will be, a part of this town of Inglis. Satan is hereby declared powerless, no longer ruling over, nor influencing, our citizens.

In the past, Satan has caused division, animosity, hate, confusion, ungodly acts on our youth, and discord among our friends and loved ones. NO LONGER!

The body of Jesus Christ, those citizens cleansed by the Blood of the Lamb, hereby join together to bind the forces of evil in the Holy Name of Jesus. We have taken our town back for the Kingdom of God. We are taking everything back that the devil ever stole from us. We will never again be deceived by satanic and demonic forces.

As blood-bought children of God, we exercise our authority over the devil in Jesus' name. By that authority, and through His Blessed Name, we command all satanic and demonic forces to cease their activities and depart the town of Inglis.

As the Mayor of Inglis, duly elected by the citizens of this town, and appointed by God to this position of leadership, I proclaim victory over Satan, freedom for our citizens, and liberty to worship our Creator and Heavenly Father, the God of Israel. I take this action in accordance with the words of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as recorded in Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 16:15-18.

Signed and sealed this 5th Day of November, 2001

Carolyn Risher, Mayor

Sally McCranie, Town Clerk

Here is the CNN.com story, here is the Official Press Release, and here is an article on the ACLU's actions on the whole thing.

The thing I find really funny is that she wrote the thing on Halloween...

 

[Someguy]

wow....after all the hoopla abouyt the all-mighty satan, all you had to do is say he can't here no more...

Someguy slaps his hand against his head

 

[Tsyr]

So...

If a bunch of DnD players played in that town, Jack Chick couldn't call it satanic?

 

[Pielorinho]

That is *so* weird. I was planning on visiting a friend in Inglis in November, but my plane ticket was lost in the mail, and then they refused to sell me another one, and when I tried to drive down there, my car ran out of gas, and when I had it towed it turned out that the engine had died, and when I got a bus ticket to Inglis, the bus ended up taking me to Inglis, Wisconsin instead. I was wondering what was happening!

Well, I'll wait until the ACLU gets this thing settled, and then I'll try to visit my friend again.

Daniel

 

[BOZ]

wow, i guess that makes a bit more sense if the town was overrun by satanists or something...

was it? please tell me it was. that would be ever so nifty!

 

[Wormwood]

Tempest. Teacup.

 

[Tsyr]

*begins backing away from Daniel...*

 

[Ammianus]

That's an excellent point, Tsyr. I hereby move that Inglis, Florida become the permanent site for Gencon.

 

[psionotic]

Fight the Power!!

Its about time Satan got what was coming to him, I say! Let's stick it to the man!

 

[Furn_Darkside]

Salutations,

Wow- first NAMBLA, and now Satan- the ACLU sure picks its battles.

It is a good thing we don't have any serious issues in our legal system that need to be looked at.

It might be nice if such glory-hounds could just let the small community deal with the issue and vote in a new mayor if they want it changed.

Of course, I can hope that the courts might tell the ACLU to shove it with their imaginary "seperation of church & state" ideal, but that is just wishful thinking.

FD