Pot church takes a hit!

[Ironman]

Questions. How many people does it take to make a church in the eyes of the law?
How many people does it take to make a church in the eyes of GOD?
Why can the Catholic church use an addictive drug, well known for promoting violent behavior in its' users, and another church can't use a nonaddictive drug, well known for promoting, peacefull, and compassionate behavior in its' users?
I am sooooooooooooooConfused.

[mfqr]

its not a Church that ingest Peyote, but instead a Native American ritual. There is a difference.

Well, not exactly. Both the reasons are for spiritual enlightenment. Either way, it's based on the same principle.

[8182KSKUSH]

this was in today's news ... think this idiot will be protected as a 'church' also ... ???


Man Tells Court Sex With Boys is Sacred Ritual
Friday, August 04, 2006

CLEVELAND â?? A man accused of sexually assaulting nine boys with physical or mental disabilities told a judge that having sex with children is a sacred ritual protected by civil rights laws.

Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday. He is charged with 74 counts including rape, pandering obscenity to minors and corrupting another with drugs.

"I'm a pedophile. I've been a pedophile for 20 years," he said in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Wednesday. "The only reason I'm charged with rape is that no one believes a child can consent to sex. The role of my ministry is to get these cases out of the courtrooms."

Distasio said some of his congregants are among the victims in this case. Distacio, of Rocky River, is accused of molesting two disabled boys he tutored at his home and raping seven autistic boys at a Cleveland school for special-needs students where he was a teacher's aide. All but one of the victims were under 13. ... and so on ...

shit like this gives me a headache ....

Hey I think I get where you are going, you are right.
Really there is a lot of dancing around what needs to be said,
"Marijuana should be available for individual personal use for anyone over 18, PERIOD
It really is irrelavant if you do or don't have a medical condition, or some religious reason. I really hate always hearing people needing some "qualifying" reason or circumstance just because they want to smoke pot. I think that I am like that to a degree and I hate it. If we are not careful there will be a day soon where only "certain" people can use marijuana if they choose instead of it being the way it should be, any adult can if they choose to use it legally period. I think the issue really is deeply a liberty issue first and foremost. There is a lot of political attention on the "medical" issue, and for the government if they can just keep the issue in that context really it is a good thing. It will be "debateable" up and down all day every day. The question of whether or not it infringes on very basic liberty to be happy, and so long as you do not trample anyone else's liberties, then you should be able to pursue that "happiness". Am I wrong here? Jesus I need to go smoke a cigarette!@

[marijuanavillebilly]

surely there is no surprise at that 'religious' scam being taken down ... " it's OK for me to rob banks, officer, my 'church' condones it " ...

if the bank was in the church, fine.
outside of the church you are not on church ground, thus the church defence is null.

[Pepper]

News

On Monday, Jan. 30th, 2007, the California High-Way Patrol returned 32 ounces of top grade medical marijuana to a founding member of Eddy Lepp's church. The marijuana was taken the previous Friday during a traffic stop (the car had only one license plate instead of two). The CHP officer confiscated the cannabis and the driver's medical recommendation, and did not provide any receipt for the medicine or medical recommendation.

On Monday, the Church founder and the Rev. Tom Brown appeared at the CHP office and demanded the return of the seized marijuana. Rev. Brown cited recent decisions that limit the CHP's authority regarding medical cannabis seizures on state highways. He also cited the current lawsuit involving Eddy's church and a statement by Gov. Arnold Schwartzenegger that the California National Guard and CHP are not allowed to violate the law regarding medical AND religious use of marijuana.

Until that point, the CHP officers had stated that they would probably never get their medicine back, if it could even be found. They tried to make it seem like it was cut and dried (as indeed the weed had been...).

But upon learning that the officers involved in the current confiscation could easily be added to the ongoing lawsuit, they promptly produced the 32 ounces of marijuana. Surprisingly, they had to weigh the pot because they hadn't done that. Yup! They supposedly were keeping the 32 ounces as "evidence", yet had not followed standard protocol for processing evidence.

In fact the weed had never even been entered as evidence, no receipt had been issued (until they returned it). So it's pretty obvious the CHP had intended to keep what they stole from a legitimate medical marijuana patient and church founder. After all, there were never any charges filed in the incident. Just a confiscation of high class weed.

This is a HUGE victory for both medical and religious use of marijuana. The CHP in this area will sure think twice about seizing marijuana from medical or religious use people!

[bigfatpothead]

nearly all the precursors that led to our program are mentioned here.
If there is no victim then there is no crime.
when you force a child to do something there is a victim. When you smoke pot, NO VICTIM!!!!

Rev. Roland A. Duby
Brothers For Mercy