Satan banned from Florida town
30 Nov 2001
http://www.sptimes.com/News/113001/Columns/Exercise_in_exorcism_.shtml
Devil banned from Florida town
A mayor has banned Satan from her Florida town.
Carolyn Risher has composed a written statement saying "Satan is hereby
declared powerless, no longer ruling over, nor influencing, our
citizens".
She made five copies, one for her office wall and the rest to put in
hollowed-out fence posts at the four entrances to Inglis.
The posts, painted with the words Repent, Request and Resist, were
sealed and capped.
The proclamation, on official stationery with a gold seal, says: "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."
She told the St Petersburg Times: "You're either with God or against
him. I'm with him."
She says she was prompted by an overall sense of concern about issues
like drunken drivers, fathers who molest their daughters and people who
steal from their neighbours.
But Bob Farnan, the owner of Port Inglis Restaurant, says: "It reminds
me of the Taliban. If you're not Muslim, you're worthless. She just
reversed the situation."
Waitress Polly Bowser is organising a petition to have the mayor ousted.
She says the proclamation, which makes several references to Jesus
Christ, could be offensive to people of other faiths.
The Mayor said: "I am not knocking any one faith. I am praying for the
whole community. If I had thought I was doing something wrong, I would
have not done it. It just felt like it was something I could do for the
community, mostly for our young people."
Story filed: 12:45 Friday 30th November 2001
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Well, I suppose that's harmless enough, but if they *really* want fun,
they'd ban the spirit of L. Ron Hubbard and his works.
Ron of that ilk.
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