The Church of Cannabis sparked a dispute with the City of Denver. Not over pot, but over first amendment freedom of religion rights, the church co-founder says.
Church of Cannabis sparked a dispute with the City of Denver. Not over pot, but over first amendment freedom of religion rights, the church co-founder says.
The city of Denver is demanding the Church of Cannabis remove a statue that its co-founder says represents religious freedom and is used by its weed-smoking congregants for meditation. "I hope the city of Denver recognizes our right to exist and our right to have this religious effigy, this representation of the freedom of religion that all Americans should have," International Church of Cannabis co-founder Steve Berke told Fox News."Yet the city of Denver is really encapsulating the perfect example of big government passing unnecessary laws that don't protect anyone and infringing on our First Amendment rights.
"Ten days is not enough time to receive a land use survey and engineers study all the things that we need to apply for a permit," Berke said."So the city basically gave us a deadline that was impossible to meet." The city later said a permit wouldn't be approved even if the Church of Cannabis applied because"the sculpture as installed does not meet minimum placement, height, and vehicle sight line criteria of the Encroachment Rules & Regulations," according to an
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