hippiehillbilly
02-22-2006, 07:26 PM
so lets all start a church aye??:p
no but serious,, aint this a huge precident opening doors?
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/northamerica/article_1131751.php/Court_Hallucinogenic_tea_OK
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected government arguments against the use of a hallucinogenic tea in religious services.
The 8-0 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts stemmed from a New Mexico case involving O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal, a Spiritst Christian sect originating in the Amazon Rainforest. The court`s newest justice, Sam Alito, did not take part in the case.
The sect, which has about 130 members, brews a sacramental tea from plants unique to the Amazon, containing hallucinogens regulated by the Controlled Substances Act.
The government argued no exceptions can be made to the anti-drug law, even though it conceded the sect`s use of the tea was a sincere expression of religious practice.
'We do not doubt that there may be instances in which a need for uniformity precludes the recognition of exceptions to generally applicable laws under (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act),' Roberts wrote. 'But it would have been surprising to find that this was such a case, given the longstanding exemption from the Controlled Substances Act for religious use of peyote, and the fact that the very reason Congress enacted RFRA was to respond to a decision denying a claimed right to sacramental use of a controlled substance.'
no but serious,, aint this a huge precident opening doors?
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/northamerica/article_1131751.php/Court_Hallucinogenic_tea_OK
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected government arguments against the use of a hallucinogenic tea in religious services.
The 8-0 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts stemmed from a New Mexico case involving O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao Do Vegetal, a Spiritst Christian sect originating in the Amazon Rainforest. The court`s newest justice, Sam Alito, did not take part in the case.
The sect, which has about 130 members, brews a sacramental tea from plants unique to the Amazon, containing hallucinogens regulated by the Controlled Substances Act.
The government argued no exceptions can be made to the anti-drug law, even though it conceded the sect`s use of the tea was a sincere expression of religious practice.
'We do not doubt that there may be instances in which a need for uniformity precludes the recognition of exceptions to generally applicable laws under (the Religious Freedom Restoration Act),' Roberts wrote. 'But it would have been surprising to find that this was such a case, given the longstanding exemption from the Controlled Substances Act for religious use of peyote, and the fact that the very reason Congress enacted RFRA was to respond to a decision denying a claimed right to sacramental use of a controlled substance.'