The Satanists have been redeemed, however, after the city council in nearby Scottsdale accepted the temple's request. They are expected to give the prayer sometime in April.

Even their rejection in Phoenix resulted in a small victory for non-believers, because the city council replaced the invocation with silent prayer.

Michelle Shortt was due to give the prayer along with fellow member Stu De Haan.

Prior to the Phoenix cancellation, they released a transcript of the prayer, asking members to "embrace the Luciferian impulse to eat of the Tree of Knowledge" and "reason our solutions with agnosticism in all things, holding fast only to that which is demonstrably true" before ending with an obligatory "Hail Satan."

The Temple, which claims not to worship Satan but instead view him as a metaphor for rebellion and rational inquiry, applied to give the invocation at Scottsdale because they have no official policy on the prayer other than it be less than three minutes in length.