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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:25 PM Jun 2014

Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants To Legalize Marijuana Because It's God's 'Miraculous' Creation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/16/constance-johnson-marijuana-god_n_5499048.html

Oklahoma state Sen. Constance Johnson (D) announced Friday the filing of a statewide initiative to legalize recreational marijuana, citing God's creation of "this wonderful, miraculous plant" as a basis for comprehensive marijuana reform.

"We're putting forth Genesis 1:29 as the basis of this campaign," Johnson told supporters at the state capitol Friday, according to KFOR. "God created this wonderful, miraculous plant and we know that it has been vilified for the last 100 years, and it's time to change that in Oklahoma."

The petition, which aims to legalize up to one ounce of recreational marijuana and three ounces of medical marijuana, would require at least 160,000 signatures from registered voters within three months to appear on the November statewide ballot.

Johnson, who has partnered up with Oklahoma City criminal defense lawyer David Slane to advance the initiative, blamed existing marijuana policies for filling up the state's prisons with "non-violent, marijuana possessing people."

Chapter and verse: Gen. 1:29.

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

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Oklahoma Lawmaker Wants To Legalize Marijuana Because It's God's 'Miraculous' Creation (Original Post) KamaAina Jun 2014 OP

If that's what it takes ,then so be it bluestateguy Jun 2014 #1

If that's what it TOKES, so be it! dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #9

+1. SammyWinstonJack Jun 2014 #11

I believe that's what Jesus would do. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #2

THAT'S what we've been trying to tell you people! Le Taz Hot Jun 2014 #3

Oh, OK then, sounds good to me, whatever. RKP5637 Jun 2014 #4

Jaysuz, even Oklahoma may prove more sane... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2014 #5

If Jesus could have turned water into wine Zambero Jun 2014 #6

If this is what it takes Politicalboi Jun 2014 #7

I'll take it nadinbrzezinski Jun 2014 #8

Cool with that. Also legalize all natural pharmaceuticals, like Shooms. n/t n2doc Jun 2014 #10

Is he a Rastafarian? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2014 #12

He is a she KamaAina Jun 2014 #13

One toke over the line, sweet Jesus... Tom_Foolery Jun 2014 #14

DUzy! KamaAina Jun 2014 #15

Thank you! Thank you! n/t Tom_Foolery Jun 2014 #16

AMEN from the choir, Sista! RainDog Jun 2014 #17

A little inspirational music. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #18

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)

1. If that's what it takes ,then so be it

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:27 PM

Jun 2014

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

9. If that's what it TOKES, so be it!

Reply to bluestateguy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:12 PM

Jun 2014

SammyWinstonJack

(44,130 posts)

11. +1.

Reply to bluestateguy (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 09:37 PM

Jun 2014

Uncle Joe

(58,355 posts)

2. I believe that's what Jesus would do.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:28 PM

Jun 2014

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025110009

Did Jesus Use Cannabis?

http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.timeline.php?timelineID=000026

30 - Jesus Allegedly Uses Anointing Oil Made with Cannabis

"In the Bible’s New Testament, Jesus... anointed with potent entheogenic oil, sending out the 12 apostles to do the same ...

Likewise, after Jesus' passing, James suggests that anyone of the Christian community who was sick should call to the elders to anoint him with oil in the name of Jesus..."
Chris Bennett "Was Jesus a Stoner?," High Times Magazine, Feb. 10, 2003

"So, did Jesus use cannabis? I think so. The word Christ does mean 'the anointed one' and Bennett contends that Christ was anointed with chrism, a cannabis-based oil, that caused his spiritual visions. The ancient recipe for this oil, recorded in Exodus, included over 9lb of flowering cannabis tops (known as kaneh-bosem in Hebrew), extracted into a hin (about 11? pints) of olive oil, with a variety of other herbs and spices. The mixture was used in anointing and fumigations that, significantly, allowed the priests and prophets to see and speak with Yahweh.

Residues of cannabis, moreover, have been detected in vessels from Judea and Egypt in a context indicating its medicinal, as well as visionary, use. Jesus is described by the apostle Mark as casting out demons and healing by the use of this holy chrism. Earlier, from the time of Moses until the later prophet Samuel, holy anointing oil was used by the shamanic Levite priesthood to receive the 'revelations of the Lord'. The chosen ones were drenched in this potent cannabis oil."

Thanks for the thread, KamaAina.

Le Taz Hot

(22,271 posts)

3. THAT'S what we've been trying to tell you people!

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:29 PM

Jun 2014

Sheesh!

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

4. Oh, OK then, sounds good to me, whatever.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:29 PM

Jun 2014

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)

5. Jaysuz, even Oklahoma may prove more sane...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:30 PM

Jun 2014

than North Carolina. Good luck folks... enjoy!

Zambero

(8,964 posts)

6. If Jesus could have turned water into wine

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:51 PM

Jun 2014

then he could have just as well turned wheat into weed. Natural ingredients all the way around. Pass this into law ASAP and free up some jail cells for real criminals.

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

7. If this is what it takes

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:58 PM

Jun 2014

This Atheist says Amen. But why put a limit on how much one can have? They don't limit beer, cigarettes, or food. Pot can go bad if not kept well. People want variety, so why spend hundreds or thousands on one strain to hoard.