Christians protested during the Pensacola City Council meeting in Florida on July 14 after a member of the Satanic Temple was allowed to say the invocation.
The council previously gave its go signal for David Suhor, co-founder of the local chapter of the Satanic Temple, to lead the invocation despite protests from Christians.
But as Suhor, who was wearing a black robe, went to the podium, the crowd protested and disrupted the meeting.
The church members began citing the Lord's Prayer to counter Suhor.
Members of the United Methodist Church of Pace were outside the city hall and others went inside to the meeting, according to WearTV.com.
Council President Charles Bare told Suhor that "I'm going to give you the chance to speak. If you deviate from what I feel is proper invocation speech, I will have you removed from the chamber."
Suhor agreed but requested that the people in the chamber stay quiet.
Bare told the crowd to keep quiet or they would be removed.
One said "no. He's going to bring his curses on us."
"I saw community of people come together and take a stand for what was right," said Bruce Gullie.
Another member of the audience said, "I would rather be in a room than let darkness sit here by itself."
When Suhor started his invocation, council member Gerald Wingate walked out.
Members of the audience spoke to speak their disapproval with the council's decision to let Suhor speak.
"When you invoke a name, any other name under heaven that is not the Lord Jesus Christ, your almost invite cursing or disaster to fall on you," said Vickie Truett.
