A commenter at my post Throwing The Election took umbrage at my comparing the morality of slavery to the morality of the Drug War and at my added point that the church was on the wrong side of that question. Fair enough. In the case of slavery some churches (in America) favored it and some opposed. We know who got the best of that argument. But I get the point. A fair number of Churches were denouncing slavery from the pulpit. Good on them.
So I’m wondering? Where are the denunciations from the pulpit of the Drug War? Or as I prefer these days: Punishing People In Pain (PTSD mostly). I’m not familiar with popular sermons these days. I’d love to see some links.
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As far as I know this is the only major “church” in America that has a stand on any segment of drug policy:
Reform Judaism endorses medical cannabis
I did find this:
Bethany Baptist Church and the Drug Policy Alliance Host New Directions Conference, March 19th in Newark, NJ
from here:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2011/03/bethany-baptist-church-and-drug-policy-alliance-host-new-directions-conference-march-19
Dated: 03/15/2011
Who else? The Unitarians. Of course they got the slavery question right too.
http://www.drugwar.com/forbesuu.shtm