{"id":9543,"date":"2026-10-18T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/satanic-prayer-opens-ottumwa-iowa-city-council-meeting-what-actually-happened\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T18:48:06","slug":"satanic-prayer-opens-ottumwa-iowa-city-council-meeting-what-actually-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/satanic-prayer-opens-ottumwa-iowa-city-council-meeting-what-actually-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Satanic Prayer Opens Ottumwa, Iowa City Council Meeting: What Actually Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_U4uBXVuSrI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A Satanic Temple member gave the opening prayer at the Ottumwa, Iowa city council meeting, and a local pastor interrupted. Here\u2019s what happened, why the city says it couldn\u2019t block the invocation, and what happens at the next meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n0:00 What happened in Ottumwa<br \/>\n1:10 The prayer<br \/>\n2:15 The pastor\u2019s interruption<br \/>\n3:30 The invocation policy and Galloway\u2019s warning<br \/>\n4:45 The legal side: why cities can\u2019t pick faiths<br \/>\n6:00 Reactions from both sides<br \/>\n7:15 What\u2019s next: the Nov. 3 meeting<\/p>\n<p>Sources: Fox News, KTVU, Beliefnet. Reports as of Oct. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>#Iowa #CityCouncil #ReligiousFreedom #BreakingNews #Ottumwa<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Satanic Temple member gave the opening prayer at the Ottumwa, Iowa city council meeting, and a local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-336.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}