Court Upholds Church Use of Hallucinogenic Tea

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Security angle? Who cares -- I can only connect to my God
under the influence of hallucinogenics, too. :-)

Via MSNBC.

[snip]

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that a small congregation in New Mexico may use hallucinogenic tea as part 
of a four-hour ritual intended to connect with God.

Justices, in their first religious freedom decision under Chief Justice John Roberts, moved decisively to keep the 
government out of a church’s religious practice. Federal drug agents should have been barred from confiscating the 
hoasca tea of the Brazil-based church, Roberts wrote in the decision.

The tea, which contains an illegal drug known as DMT, is considered sacred to members of O Centro Espirita Beneficiente 
Uniao do Vegetal, which has a blend of Christian beliefs and South American traditions. Members believe they can 
understand God only by drinking the tea, which is consumed twice a month at four-hour ceremonies.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11188277/

- ferg

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