Indiana's terrible anti-gay law could help religions that use cannabis

Mark Frauenfelder 8:46 am Mon Mar 30, 2015

Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, an Indianapolis lawyer, says Indiana's gay hatred law (AKA the Religious Freedom Restoration Act), could have the side effect of making cannabis a legal sacrament there.

[W]hat “compelling interest” would the state of Indiana have to prohibit me from using marijuana as part of my religious practice? I would argue marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol and wine used in religious ceremonies. Marijuana isn’t anymore “addictive” than alcohol and wine is used in some religious ceremonies. And marijuana isn’t any more of a “gateway” drug than the wine used in a religious ceremony will make you go out any buy hard liquor. (At least not on Sunday.)

So frankly, I’m looking forward to the passage of RFRA. Not because I want to change faith and smoke pot, but because I want a front row seat at the trial that we all know is going to happen when all this goes down.

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