I had to laugh when I read this one.
LOS ANGELES, (AP) — A minister who was arrested on charges of marijuana possession has sued police for $30 million, contending his civil and religious rights were violated because he heads a church that uses pot during worship.The Rev. Craig X Rubin, 41, is the founder of Temple 420, which holds that pot is a religious herb.
“Our congregation mandates members study the Bible, have faith in God and regularly burn the herb cannabis (The Tree of Life mentioned in the Bible) as sacrament,†says the lawsuit filed Wednesday in state court.
Rubin, his son and another man were charged last fall with two felony counts each of selling or transporting marijuana and possessing marijuana for sale.
Rubin is apparently a “real” minister, ordained in 1990 by the Universal Life Church. His temple has an estimated 400 members.
Bet that’s a fun church.
LA Minister Sues Over Marijuana Bust at Church | Kate blogs at The Original Musings.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackYes, we do have fun at church. The other great thing about our congregation is that people who would never normally attend a weekly service to hear the Word of God come to our services….they may come because we are the ‘weed’ church, but they are hearing the Word of God straight from the Bible and taking fellowship for the first times in their lives.
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Anyone who has to go to church to get “high” and then hear the Sacred Word of God, isn’t getting the benefit of the Holy Spirit. And you,sir, are encouraging and abetting your members to engage in addictive and dangerous behavior. You are not setting the right example for your members and therefore you do not deserve to be a minister. There are plenty of other churches who are teaching the Word of God with clear minds and hearts. You are setting out the bait for people to come to your church because your ministry skills aren’t enough.
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