It's our constitutional right to determine how and where we worship,
without interference from the government, even if it's in a cardboard
box.
But a wave of supposed religious liberty laws, meant to protect cake
bakers and florists from selling their wares to same-sex couples getting
hitched, has set off something new and unexpected - not that old time religion, but whole new religions.
After Indiana passed its highly criticized Religious Freedom
Restoration Act, Bill Levin saw an opportunity to appeal to a higher
power. Last week, Levin received approval from the Indiana secretary of
state to "start a church based on love and understanding with compassion
for all."
And with weed.
The First Church of Cannabis includes smoking marijuana as one of its
sacraments, and far from throwing up a pre-fab aluminum structure,
Levin intends to construct the church's sanctuary out of hemp-based
building materials. The church will not buy or sell marijuana, which is
still illegal in Indiana, but it might grow its own, Levin told the Washington Post.
"If someone is smoking in our church, God bless them," Levin said.
"This is a church to show a proper way of life, a loving way to live
life. We are called 'cannataerians.'"
And while some have said that same-sex marriage would lead to
bestiality, plural marriage and whatnot (by "some," I mean Alabama Chief
Justice Roy Moore), others are saying that Indiana's law would allow
all sorts of things. According to one Wiccan priest, the law would seem to allow not just dancing, but naked dancing on the state capitol steps. Also, polygamy.
High on Jesus or just high? Religious liberty bills bring a lot more than that old-time religion | AL.com
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