The WAR on Drugs is OVER!
Written by
Thomas Costanzo
Date: 07-21-2011
Subject:
Drug War
James Warren "Flaming Eagle" Mooney of Native American Church on Gorilla Radio 10:00 am PST July 21, 2011 at http://kpfz.org/kpfz-internet- stream/ The Oklevueha Native American Church is officially recognized by the US government. Supreme court decisions both Federally and in the State of Utah make it possible for Native American Church members to legally consume, transport and grow Church Sacrament of Magic Mushrooms, Marijuana, Peyote, Ayahuasca. "Nowhere is it even suggested that the exemption applies only to Indian members of the Native American Church. Had the intention been to exclude non-Indian members, as the United States argues, the language of the exemption would have so clearly provided. Indeed, the federal peyote exemption makes no reference whatsoever to a racial exclusion” The District Court, Burciaga, Chief Judge, held that: (1) permitting Indians' nondrug use of peyote in bona fide religious ceremonies of Native American church, but prohibiting such use by non-Indians, would violate free exercise and equal protection clauses; (2) compelling interest test applied to free exercise challenge to prosecution of non-Indian member, and (3) prosecution would violate free exercise clause. Motions granted. Bill of Rights 1st Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or a the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Bill of Rights 1st Amendment. American Indian Religious Freedom Act Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That henceforth it shall be the policy of the United States to protect and preserve for American Indians their inherent right of freedom to believe, express and exercise the traditional religions of the American Indian, Eskimo, Aleut, and Native Hawaiians, including but not limited to access to sites, use and possession of sacred objects, and the freedom to worship through ceremonials and traditional rites. American Indian Religious Freedom Act. Amendment to American Indian Religious Freedom Act Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the use, possession, or transportation of peyote by an Indian for bona fide traditional ceremonial purposes in connection with the practice of a traditional Indian religion is lawful, and shall not be prohibited by the United States or any State. Amendment to American Indian Religious Freedom Act Religious Land Usage and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 No government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that imposes a substantial burden on the religious exercise of a person, including a religious assembly or institution, unless the government demonstrates that imposition of the burden on that person, assembly, or institution. Religious Land Usage and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
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