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  • Now that Indiana has passed their reformed version of the freedom of religion act and

  • it will allow businesses to discriminate against those that they disagree with like gay individuals

  • it turns out that there's a little bit of a loophole in the law that could benefit those

  • who wanted to smoke a little bit of the devil's lettuce so according to reports while governor

  • Mike Pence was holding a signing ceremony for the bill allowing businesses and individuals

  • to deny services to gays on religious grounds or values paperwork for the First Church of

  • Cannabis Inc. was being filed with the secretary of the state's office so the church founder

  • a guy by the name of Bill Levin announced on his Facebook page that the church's registration

  • has been approved writing status approved by the secretary of the state of Indiana congratulations

  • your registration has been approved now we being to accomplish our goals of love understanding

  • and good health of course through marijuana hey listen man their religious freedom is

  • paramount I know that cause it's in the Indiana law so if they want to be able smoke the good

  • stuff Indiana you told me that religion is the most important thing in the world you

  • got to respect religious beliefs are you with me are you with me if I were living Indiana

  • which I'm glad I'm not I would totally try to call out their bluff right because in this

  • case this is what the guy is trying to do first of all marijuana is not legal in Indiana

  • so it's basically him saying well you know discrimination isn't supposed to be legal

  • in this case marijuana isn't legal but if there's a religious exemption and it's been

  • registered so why can't I smoke the weed if it's part of my religion I want other religions

  • to do something similar right so I do want Muslim business owners if they exist in Indiana

  • to deny services to Christians and see how that works out I want it to but I don't that

  • to happen because I get joy and fulfillment out discrimination I want it to happen so

  • people understand how absurd this law is yeah I got news for you I don't are any Muslim

  • business owners in Indiana it's a big country maybe there are they're not going to discriminate

  • against Christians cause then they'd have no customers I know I know nobody is going

  • to take that risk of course they're not going to do that but but I of course I take your

  • point on it'd be interesting if the shoe was on the other foot right but this is partly

  • the shoes on the other foot because I'm sure there are a lot of people Indiana who would

  • say oh weed is terrible it's a gateway drug we can't have it but he says look the new

  • law says you cannot put an undue burden on my religious beliefs unless you have an overwhelming

  • state interest and I mean do you really have an overwhelming state interest in making sure

  • marijuana's illegal I mean not really there's religious rights that don't allow wine and

  • other types of alcohol and you know and and so why not marijuana and you can't prove that

  • it's that dangerous you know you can't prove it right and by the way one little kicker

  • to this story the guy making this argument is Indiana attorney Abdul Hakim Shabazz so

  • boy is this got to get under evangelical's skin in Indiana they pass a law for religious

  • freedom and by that of course they meant good Christian freedom here comes a guy with an

  • incredibly Muslim name saying hey man I got to have my right to smoke my ganja right right

  • they're like oh god damn I don't want to agree with Abdul Hakim Shabazz I wonder how much

  • overlap there is though like how many Christian business owners who want to discriminate also

  • want to smoke weed legally so they're like awesome double win I'm sure they exist could

  • be could be everyone liked stoned from time to time by the way the church founder is Bill

  • Levin and Bill's got to expand his horizons a little bit he's asking for donations of

  • $4.20 towards his nonprofit church I love it ok that's cute $4.20 there are pastors

  • in the country asking for $65 million jets go crazy ask for $420 dollars see if you get

  • $42 bucks I know but he's all about the love and understanding and good health he's not

  • about the money honestly this is the type of religion you know I'd be tempted in joining

  • send me $4.20 and we'll smoke weed together not a bad religion

Now that Indiana has passed their reformed version of the freedom of religion act and

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