http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:34:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23869/steven-swallick-hawaiian-cannabis-ministries http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23869/steven-swallick-hawaiian-cannabis-ministries#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:09:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23869 Steven Swallick says he runs a ministry about marijuana. He says he mixed the marijuana with other ingredients to create anointing oil, a recipe he says he got out of the Bible.

But the jury didn't have to address the religious issue, just whether he grew it, possessed it and stole electricity to do it.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23869/steven-swallick-hawaiian-cannabis-ministries/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21923/religious-use-marijuana http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21923/religious-use-marijuana#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:41:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21923 There is no religious right in Arizona to possess marijuana, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday, saying freedom of religion is not the same as freedom of action.

The judges rejected arguments that the First Amendment protections of free exercise of religion entitle an Arizona resident, Daniel Hardesty, to use marijuana as a "sacrament" of his church.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21923/religious-use-marijuana/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21682/judge-dismisses-womans-religious-drug-use-argument http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21682/judge-dismisses-womans-religious-drug-use-argument#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:52:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21682 An Alabama couple asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges because marijuana is part of their religion.

The Shoops' attorneys also argued that they were protected by the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Alabama Religious Freedom Amendment because their religion mandates the cultivation and consumption of cannabis.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21682/judge-dismisses-womans-religious-drug-use-argument/feed 0