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Church Granted Permit to Only Allow White People
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The City of Murdock, Minnesota has granted a permit that allows a church to only allow white people through the doors.
The Asatru Folk Assembly has been granted a permit to allow only white people into their church.
Some residents are pushing back against the decision. 50,000 signatures have been collected on an online petition.
The town has a population of just 280 people.
The Asatru Folk Assembly is a white supremacist international Ásatrú organization, founded by Stephen A. McNallen in 1994. Its doctrines are based on ethnicity, an approach it calls "folkish".