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Christianity Implies Legalization

Published: Monday, March 8, 2010

Updated: Monday, March 8, 2010

Dear Editor of the Vanguard,

As a Christian, I’m in favor of ending the sin of caging responsible adults for using the relatively safe, God-given plant cannabis (marijuana) and one reason why that doesn’t get mentioned (“Heads” vs. “Feds”: The Debate Over Marijuana Legalization, Mar. 1, 2010), is because it’s Biblically correct since Christ God Our Father, The Ecologician, indicates He created all the seed-bearing plants, saying they are all good, on literally the very first page (Genesis 1:11-12 and 29-30). The only Biblical restriction placed on cannabis is that it is to be accepted with thankfulness (see 1 Timothy 4:1-5).

The United States federal government has no moral or logical reason to cage people for using cannabis or for that matter labeling the plant a Schedule I substance alongside heroin.

Truthfully,

Stan White

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Heather Pickens
Thu Mar 18 2010 16:17
I'm curious as to how you believe those versus implies legalizing marijuana. The versus say that every herb bearing seed which is on the earth, and every tree which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat. That does not imply that we should smoke it, it says that these things should be used for food. Marijuana is not a substance used for food, it can be used in food, but it is not food itself.
Vanguard,MisterPaul.Robertson@gmail.com
Wed Mar 10 2010 22:14
My pastor ain't never told us to smoke any maryjane!
Santos Halper
Wed Mar 10 2010 10:33
@Jacob O'Flannigan: Our federal drug laws may not be derived from Christianity specifically, but perhaps the most unifying prohibitionist argument has to do with "morality". Given this line of reasoning, a religious refutation (which is really just a moral refutation) isn't exactly out of line.

Of course, the problem is that we should not be legislating morality. But that line was breached by our government, and not by Mr. White. He's simply refuting the "morality" argument offered by many prohibitionists.

Michelle Sommers
Tue Mar 9 2010 12:15
Every single person, that's 100%, that has died has had some sort of residual trace of water in their bodies. Obviously, we should legalize maujuana and ban H2O.
Jacob O'Flannigan
Tue Mar 9 2010 12:09
37,261 people were killed in 2008 from highway related deaths. Who supports keeping driving legal, or even funding highways with tax dollars? We are in essence subsidizing the death of thousands of people each year by paying for roads.

Christianity has nothing to do with Federal Drug Laws. Do you think the DEA reads Genesis when making a decision on how to classify a drug? If you're going to support legalization, or non-criminalization, do it from a practical standpoint, not a religious one.

Jillian Galloway
Mon Mar 8 2010 16:16
7,000 people were murdered by the cartels last year because we kept marijuana illegal. This year they're on track to kill at least 9,000. Who supports keeping it illegal?

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