Washington Monthly's Mark Kleiman says the text of Oregon's Measure 80 quotes scripture to make the case for legalizing marijuana.
Here’s my favorite passage:
Whereas the people hold that cannabis prohibition is a sumptuary law of a nature repugnant to our constitution’s framers and which is so unreasonable and liberticidal as to ….
…. (c) Unnecessarily proscribe consumption of a “herb bearing seed” given to humanity in Genesis 1:29, thereby violating their unqualified religious rights under Article 1, Section 3 and their Natural Rights under Article 1, Section 33 of the Oregon Constitution.
Yep. You read that right. Oregonians are being asked to write into their state’s statute book the idea that marijuana legalization is mandated by the Bible. The proposal also provides that the legal cannabis industry is to be regulated by a seven-member commission, with five of the seven elected by the licensed cannabis growers and processors.
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Seeing that the Oregon Constitution contains an Article under Natural Rights, then what is the big deal with an Initiative that speaks about this and seeks to uphold those rights?
After all, "In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States.
Or do you have a problem with that also???