Murdock City Council approves permit for whites-only group to use former church
A conditional use permit for the Asatru Folk Assembly was approved in a 3-1 vote by the Murdock City Council Wednesday evening. The Asatru Folk Assembly is designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and has faced resistance from area residents.
7:09 pm, Dec. 9, 2020
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Protestors gather Wednesday in Murdock against the Asatru Folk Assembly, a whites-only organization, taking root in town. The Murdock City Council on Wednesday approved the group's permit for use of a former church it bought there.
Mark Wasson / West Central Tribune
MURDOCK — City Council members in Murdock at their meeting Wednesday approved a conditional use permit and conditions for it, allowing the Asatru Folk Assembly to use the building it purchased as a church.