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Judge dismisses Cannabis Church's case that cited RFRA to defend pot as a sacrament
The First Church of Cannabis went up in smoke in Marion Circuit Court.
A judge Friday dismissed the church's 3-year-old case against the city and state that contended the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act, RFRA, protected the use of marijuana as a sacrament.
An attorney for the Indianapolis church said earlier in the week he would appeal if the church lost.
Bill Levin, the church's founder and "Grand Poobah," wrote on Facebook on Saturday, "It's far from over. We are just getting started."
Read more: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/07/07/first-church-cannabis-loses-lawsuit-marion-circuit-court/764407002/
Cross-posted in the Religion Group.