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Fear Spreads in Minnesota Town as âExtremist Groupâ Moves to Open Church
Many residents of Murdock, Minn., said they were horrified that an organization condemned by watchdogs as a white supremacist hate group would open a church. City leaders said they had little choice but to grant a permit.
The former Lutheran church building in Murdock, Minn., purchased by the Asatru Folk Assembly, a group that has been condemned by organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center.Credit.Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune, via Associated Press
Jan. 9, 2021
Maria Barron came to rural Minnesota 10 years ago from Mexico so her husband could work in a nearby dairy farm.
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The Asatru Folk Assembly was granted a permit to use this old church in Murdock, Minn., for a regional gathering site. Photo courtesy of Baldurshof: Third Hof of the Asatru Folk Assembly/Facebook
Dec. 24 (UPI) City council members in Murdock, Minn., population 273, have approved a permit allowing a Whites-only group to use an abandoned Lutheran church as a regional site to gather.
The 3-1 vote on Dec. 9 to approve a request by the Asatru Folk Assembly for a conditional use permit had nothing to do with beliefs or race, according to a statement by Murdock Mayor Craig Kavanagh. He said the council felt legally bound to approve the permit after being advised by multiple legal sources that denying the request could be a violation of the AFA s religious rights.
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