Taking the Moral High Ground
(from DrugWarRant)
Long-time DRCNet collaborator and current Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative Associate Director Troy Dayton is organizing religious leaders in support of Question 7 to legalize adult marijuana use in Nevada.
The Reno Journal-Gazette now reports that 32 churches in the state have pledged to support the initiative:
Calls for reform from religious leaders may intrigue the media, but it comes as no surprise to us that religious leaders are taking a stand against the brutal violence, shameful hypocrisy, and unforgiving callousness that characterize our nation’s war on drugs.Protestants believe that laws should curb "gross outburst of sin," said the Rev. Ruth Hanusa, minister of the Campus Christian Association at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Instead of curbing use, she said, marijuana laws are causing more problems.
"We don't live in a perfect world, and often we don't have ideal choices, but we look to find the lesser evil," Hanusa said. "Part of our call to be good stewards of our community's resources requires us to recognize that. The current policy is overkill and does not promote the common good. Controlling marijuana through regulations makes more sense."
The moral high ground will always belong to us; never those who continue to fan the flames of failure with deceitful rhetoric.
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Minor correction
There are 33 religious leaders that signed onto a resolution calling for regulation of marijauna as individuals. To say that their churches support it is going a bit too far.
This is an exciting development though...and you should see more about it in the national media.
-Tyler
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