A man from south Florida is threatening to sue Lake County if it doesn't allow him to give a satanic invocation at a commission meeting.

Chaz Stevens said his goal is to help make Lake County more religiously inclusive, but the commission chairman, Jimmy Conner, said he will not allow it.

"I've made the decision that he's not coming while I'm chairman, period," Conner said.

Conner is standing his ground, despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing volunteers to give an invocation, and laws prohibiting the government from choosing one religion over another.

Stevens, a self-proclaimed atheist, said he'll file a lawsuit if denied.

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