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To: Brumar89 who wrote (759521)	12/25/2013 10:57:59 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583784

Drawing on Sunday's reading about Abraham's hospitality to his three visitors, Archbishop José Gomez taught during a Mass in recognition of immigrants that “God comes to us in the person of the stranger.” “Abraham, in the first reading, receives the strangers with an open heart… Abraham doesn’t know that these three visitors who come to his tent in the heat of the day are from God. But he does know that every person is made in the image and likeness of God,” the Los Angeles archbishop preached during his July 21 homily. “For Judaism, hospitality and care for the stranger are a sacred duty. The same thing is true for Christianity. In the letters of the apostles we read: 'Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have uknowingly entertained angels.'” catholicnewsagency.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (759521)	12/25/2013 11:02:27 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583784

Speaking of bible heroes, we're trying to make an honest man out of GWashinton. Beloved George Would Be Serving Time If George Washington were alive today he would be arrested. Because besides being the "father of our country", hero of the Revolutionary War and our first President, George was a hemp grower. In early America, hemp was grown second only to tobacco as a useful and profitable crop. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on hemp. Benjamin Franklin’s famous electrified kite was attached to a string made from hemp. Henry Ford experimented with manufacturing automobiles out of durable and lightweight hemp fiber. The United States Department of Agriculture encouraged American farmers to grow hemp during World War II to provide uniforms for the Army and rope for the Navy. And although it has been used for 10,000 years by civilizations around the world to make everything from clothing to bibles, in 2010 it is illegal to grow hemp in the United States. Ironically, it is not illegal to purchase and use items made from hemp such as lotions, food, clothing, paper, and building materials. Produced and imported from 30 industrial countries, like France, China, and New Zealand hemp is a profitable crop. Canadian farmers make $2 billion per year legally growing industrial hemp. Why then is it illegal to grow hemp in the United States? The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was intended to thwart the distribution and use of recreational cannabis but effectively prohibited all varieties of cannabis, including industrial hemp which contains less than 1% THC content, the active ingredient that produces a "high" from its distant cousin. Opponents of the legalization of industrial hemp mistakenly fear its use as a recreational drug. It simply isn’t possible to get high smoking industrial hemp. Farmers and consumers therefore must suffer the loss of this useful and profitable crop because of ignorance. The Grange, the oldest agricultural organization in California with 180 chapters and 10,000 members across the state, supports the legalization of industrial hemp as an income producing opportunity for the American farmer and for its many beneficial uses for consumers. californiagrange.org Governor Signs Senator Leno’s Industrial Hemp Bill September 27, 2013 SB 566 Would Allow California Farmers to Grow Industrial Hemp Upon Federal Approval SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown today signed legislation that allows California farmers to be prepared to grow industrial hemp upon federal approval. Senate Bill 566, authored by Senator Mark Leno, would permit growers in the Golden State to cultivate industrial hemp for the sale of seed, oil and fiber to manufacturers and businesses that currently rely on international imports for raw hemp products. The bill, which is co-authored by Assemblymember Allan Monsoor, R-Costa Mesa, would allow cultivation once the recent announcements from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder allowing states to regulate cannabis are clarified to include hemp. - See more at: sd11.senate.ca.gov