Boise Idaho Full of Satanists?

Or are they full of idiots? There is a ban on black cat sales and adoptions for Halloween season out of fear that they will be sacrificed by Satanists. Is this ban considered prejudice against religion because a Satanist wont be able to acquire a black cat for a very important religious ritual? Or is it racist because non-black cats can still be adopted and sold during this time?

I think they are just stupid people. From the AP here:

BOISE, Idaho (Oct. 28) – A black cat won’t cross your path this Halloween, not if a northern Idaho animal shelter can help it. Like many shelters around the country, the Kootenai Humane Society in Coeur d’Alene is prohibiting black cat adoptions from now to Nov. 2, fearing the animals could be mistreated in Halloween pranks – or worse, sacrificed in some satanic ritual.

The shelter’s executive director, Phil Morgan, said that while the risk may be remote, the policy will remain just in case.

“It’s kind of an urban legend. But in the humane industry it’s pretty typical that shelters don’t do adoptions of black cats or white bunnies because of the whole satanic sacrificial thing,” Morgan said. “If we prevent one animal from getting hurt, then it serves its purpose.”

Some animal experts, however, say the practice does more to hurt animals than protect them.

Maybe its just the close proximity to so many cats that make people crazy?