Colorado is voting in November on whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. It's already permissible for ostensible medical reasons. Naturally many traditional religious leaders are opposing Amendment 64. But the Huffington Post quotes a United Methodist minister who supports a pot friendly Colorado.
"How we punish people and what we punish them for are central moral questions," explained Rev. Bill Kirton, who is identified by HuffPo as being with Denver's United Methodist church, though the article doesn't explain which one. "If a punishment policy fails to meet its objectives and causes harms to humans, I believe we have a moral obligation to support change."
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