Religion News Blog » Church of Cognizance http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:58:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Church of Cognizance founders can’t escape drug charges http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24356/church-of-cognizance-cannot-escape-marijuana-charges http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24356/church-of-cognizance-cannot-escape-marijuana-charges#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 13:20:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24356 Church of Cognizance Dan and Mary Quaintance in 1991 founded the Church of Cognizance, organized around the principle that marijuana is a deity and a sacrament.

A federal district court in New Mexico found that the couple’s beliefs were not religious and added that they failed to show that those beliefs were sincerely held.

On appeal, a unanimous three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on May 19 affirmed the denial of the couple’s RFRA defense in United States v. Quaintance. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24356/church-of-cognizance-cannot-escape-marijuana-charges/feed 0 Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether there is a religious right to use marijuana http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23131/religious-marijuana-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23131/religious-marijuana-3#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:39:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23131 Church of Cognizance Without comment, the justices agreed to hear Daniel Hardesty's argument that the First Amendment protections of free exercise of religion entitle him to use marijuana as a "sacrament" of his church. Both a trial judge and the state Court of Appeals rejected those arguments.

If the high court decides otherwise, it would be the first time in Arizona that judges have concluded there is a legal defense for those who use marijuana.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23131/religious-marijuana-3/feed 0 Arizona Ruling: No religious right to marijuana 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 Cannabis 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