{"id":15169,"date":"2017-12-18T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=15169"},"modified":"2017-12-18T16:20:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T21:20:44","slug":"attorney-general-blasts-first-church-of-cannabis-for-rfra-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/attorney-general-blasts-first-church-of-cannabis-for-rfra-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney general blasts First Church of Cannabis for RFRA claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ifttt.com\/images\/no_image_card.png?w=980' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Actually, that&#8217;s EXACTLY what it&#8217;s meant to protect, when the State tries to tell you what to believe&#8230;or makes ANY law that denies someone their right to their own beliefs&#8230;no matter how crazy&#8230;as long as no one is directly harmed, 1st Amendment rights are being violated. The State has no right to pick and choose which illegal activity they condone&#8230;like pastors flying high over their flocks in $40 million dollar jets which they believe God wants them to have&#8230;while denying an alternative, yet viable claim, in this case that Cannabis helps open minds and spirit to God. That&#8217;s NOT so ridiculous&#8230;and certainly defensible under the 1st Amendment. I mean, it&#8217;s not like they&#8217;re practicing witchcraft&#8230;oh wait&#8230;also covered under Amendment #1. Satanic worship too&#8230;fully protected. Most importantly, the right to worship outside of the mainstream&#8230;fully protected. Even if you&#8217;re the only member in your church, because the whole world IS wrong.<\/p>\n<p>You zealots don&#8217;t have the right to force people to do what YOU THINK is the right thing to do. Free Will is as Christian as it is Capitalist, and YOUR &#8216;right thing&#8217; is PROBABLY not the same as mine&#8230;and that&#8217;s OK. Cannabis may not be right for you, and that&#8217;s OK. For you, anyway. Get over it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RFRA was never meant to protect illegal conduct masquerading as religious faith,&#8221; said Indiana&#8217;s solicitor general, Thomas M. Fisher&#8230;&#8221; #News420<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indy.st\/2BHewYk\">http:\/\/indy.st\/2BHewYk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, that&#8217;s EXACTLY what it&#8217;s meant to protect, when the State tries to tell you what to believe&#8230;or makes ANY law that denies someone their right to their own beliefs&#8230;no matter how crazy&#8230;as long as no one is directly harmed, 1st Amendment rights are being violated. The State has no right to pick and choose [&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-15169","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":9326,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2016\/09\/will-legalizing-marijuana-create-modern-bootleggers-across-new-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":15169,"position":0},"title":"Will Legalizing Marijuana Create Modern Bootleggers Across New England?","date":"September 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Bootleggers Or Freedom Advocates? 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Stand up for your rights.\" ~B Marleyhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Odzw_qEFeVc&utm_content=buffer82e08&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14235,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/no-god-did-not-prescribe-the-use-of-cannabis-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":15169,"position":4},"title":"No, God Did Not Prescribe the Use of Cannabis in the Bible","date":"September 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe YOUR God didn't, but mine strongly suggested it (They left it up to ME to decide ultimately, because, you know... #FreeWill and all. ) #News420http:\/\/bit.ly\/2jThUYz","rel":"","context":"In &quot;blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15243,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/this-is-what-happens-to-all-the-cannabis-seized-by-police\/","url_meta":{"origin":15169,"position":5},"title":"This is what happens to all the cannabis seized by police","date":"December 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The cops in our town used to keep it...for themselves...back in the day (70s) anyway. I doubt things are still so chill... \"You can claim it down at the station if you want it back\". Yeah...I know who's gonna be smoking it in 60 days. 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