{"id":13847,"date":"2017-07-21T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=13847"},"modified":"2017-07-21T16:05:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T20:05:32","slug":"op-ed-sessions-is-stuck-in-a-reefer-madness-time-warp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/op-ed-sessions-is-stuck-in-a-reefer-madness-time-warp\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed: Sessions is stuck in a \u2018Reefer Madness\u2019 time warp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/andrew_lied_to-800x450.jpg?resize=800%2C450' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>#News420<br \/>\nIronically, this is the mindset of many of the religious right. They believe the racist, greedy lies spun 90 years ago are true, despite anything that&#8217;s happened in the past 30 years. Somehow, they&#8217;ve been convinced to close their minds and accept the &#8220;truths&#8221; in the status quo, because change is somehow equated with the deterioration of society.  Because &#8220;God&#8221; told them too&#8230;God of course being the teachings of their church and the opinions of the church elders.<br \/>\nHow about waking up and thinking for yourselves? How about looking at the facts? Nah&#8230;I&#8217;m sure your pastor&#8217;s interpretation of &#8220;God&#8217;s Word&#8221; is right. How could your church be wrong? That would mean you might be going to Hell!! #GodForbid<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dpo.st\/2uQgeUn\">http:\/\/dpo.st\/2uQgeUn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#News420 Ironically, this is the mindset of many of the religious right. They believe the racist, greedy lies spun 90 years ago are true, despite anything that&#8217;s happened in the past 30 years. Somehow, they&#8217;ve been convinced to close their minds and accept the &#8220;truths&#8221; in the status quo, because change is somehow equated with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[14,480,456,132,429],"tags":[523,159,33,530,552],"class_list":["post-13847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-facebook","category-jamie-gray","category-news","category-shared-link","tag-blog","tag-facebook","tag-jamie-gray","tag-news","tag-shared"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14896,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-and-wife-at-church-while-discussing-church-shootings\/","url_meta":{"origin":13847,"position":0},"title":"Man accidentally shoots himself and wife at church while discussing church shootings","date":"November 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\"See this here 'loaded indicator' says it ain't loaded, so watch as I blast a Jesus hole through my palm and send the wife to the ER with the slug...and part of my hand no doubt...in her belly.\" ~Idiot with a gun in churchhttps:\/\/ind.pn\/2ySsmCu","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14954,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/catholic-church-is-failing-to-train-priests-in-exorcism-irish-priest\/","url_meta":{"origin":13847,"position":1},"title":"Catholic Church \u2018is failing to train priests in exorcism\u2019 \u2013 Irish priest","date":"November 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, I guess we're on our own now against the Devil. 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