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To: FJB who wrote (782455)	4/28/2014 6:52:53 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577883

>> Would you disagree that marijuana should be treated the same way as alcohol at the very least? Sure. I wouldn't advocate kids being free to use marijuana any more than I would alcohol. But I do not think there should be legal consequences for simple possession of most of the now illegal drugs. There needs to be a reliable test for DUI with marijuana, which does not now exist. And DUI laws need to be enforced against marijuana users. Because impaired individuals shouldn't drive. There was a movement in CA to regulate marijuana "like wine" and I think that is a reasonable thing to do. But I would also dramatically change the law surrounding possession of opiates such that personal use quantities are never criminalized (as in felony) but possession without a proper Rx would result in mandatory treatment, to be funded by a little of the money saved by not chasing down drug offenders. It has been shown, time and again, that drug abuse cannot be stopped from the supply side. It has never happened and never will.

To: FJB who wrote (782455)	4/28/2014 7:33:34 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1577883

Black pastors lead rally against persecution by Muslims ........................................................ WND 4/25/14 With persecution against Christians increasing in African nations and other places worldwide where Islam is advancing, an American pastor is calling black churches and others to join together to raise voices of opposition. Stephen Broden of the Fair Park Bible Fellowship Church in Dallas is organizing a rally in his city next month under the banner of Americans Against the Persecution of Christians in Muslim Countries. The coalition says it’s “committed to stopping the genocide of Christians in many Muslim countries.” A march is scheduled to begin May 17 at 2 p.m. at City Hall Plaza in front of Dallas City Hall. Among the speakers at the Dallas event are Rev. William Owens Jr., author and Jihad Watch founder Robert Spencer, author and Rescue Christians founder Walid Shoebat and counter-terrorism expert David Gaubatz, author of “Muslim Mafia,” published by WND Books. But the coalition wants ministers of all denominations to join in mass protest marches in all major American cities to “break the politically-correct conspiracy of silence which has concealed this immense crime against humanity.” Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians” produces the evidence. It’s available at the WND Superstore Broden said the coalition is marching “in the footsteps and spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” deriving its core inspiration from his admonition to confront evil openly. “Our lives begin to end on the day that we become silent about things that matter,” King said. Broden said what matters is that more than 100,000 Christians are murdered every year for their faith, according to estimates substantiated by the Vatican and the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. In Africa, as WND has reported, the jihadist group Boko Haram continues to slaughter Christians in Nigeria in its effort to establish Islamic law. Sudan has been the scene of atrocities against Christians for decades. An estimated 1.5 million Christians have been killed in the genocidal campaigns carried out by Muslims from the north since 1984. The international group Open Doors recently stated that nine out of the 10 countries cited for the worst Christian persecution are Muslim Full article here