Another significant victory today 11.19.04

[RogerChristie]

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 2:47 pm    Post subject: Another success today! 11.19.04
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Hello friends and visitors,

Aloha. I've just heard the news of another significant victory for our ministry today. Hallelujah! I love this stuff.

To start, let me say that I don't recommend cannabis for those who are under 21 years old. I don't have kids of my own, yet. I don't have hands-on parenting skills and experience. Young people and cannabis have been, and continue to be a very volitile social and political issue. It's a highly 'charged' subject that requires extra care when dealing with. (And yes, if I was a teenager now I sure would be trying cannabis for myself, hopefully with a loving initiation process, and no matter what forbidden-fruit or demon plant the D.A.R.E. program told me 'marijuana' was.)

A neighbor of mine is new to town. He and his 16 year-old son moved to Hilo about six months ago. The Dad joined our ministry about four months ago, and soon thereafter he recommended that his son join - with conscious parental approval. I got them both ordained and membership documents.

The boy and the Dad both enjoy cannabis - separately and together. It's a bonding-thing for them to share.

About three months ago the son was caught by the police one night drinking a beer in a county park with a half-dozen other young people. It's illegal to use alcohol in county parks, and the boy is 'underage', on top of that. He was remanded to Family Court for the 'offense' because he's a 'minor'.

At Family Court the boy and his Dad were given the choice for the boy to go through the "Teen Court" system with its lesser penalties, which they chose to do. Apparently one of the conditions for admission to Teen Court is that a person MUST plead 'guilty' to whatever charges brought them there. (Another subject for another time.)

Both father and son decided to try and navigate the system on their own, without THC Ministry assistance. I gave them my blessing and said to call me if they need me.

Another of the conditions of Teen Court is to be 'drug-tested'. The boy 'failed' his urine 'test' because he tested 'positive' for sacrament, and was directed immediately into the 'drug treatment' system. (He tried a de-tox tea before the test and it failed to protect him.)

Dad then called me for help. He doesn't want his precious boy to be twisted by the program of demonizing cannabis, etc., and he asked for my advice.

I provided the family with some important documents to take into the drug counselor on their next official visit. State Constitution, R.F.R.A., the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Person's Act of 2000, ordainment papers, etc.

It worked!!!

Similar to the Probation Department on Maui last week, the drug treatment people here accepted the paperwork very carefully, and the Dad's verbal notice that he request a 'religious exemption' for his boy to continue smoking cannabis - in private - at home - with parental approval.

The drug counselor was stunned at their request, but said he would get back to them in a few days. Well, the word came back and the boy is APPROVED to use cannabis sacrament while going through his Teen Court process!

Is this amazing, or what? This is another great example of EXERCISING RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS. Just like muscles, they get STRONGER!

Two victories of significant progress in one beautiful day! Pass it on.

All the very best to you,

Roger


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[Rev. Chazman]

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[Lilli]

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[Romadon]

Talk about Bliss! This is it!

I think I have been under a false premise for many years that numbers weren't important maybe even of a destructive nature concerning issues such as the legalization of Cannabis but I believe in the time I have been with this ministry and on the internet my views have been somewhat altered.

One problem I was having is the connection to the scripture concerning the band of Gideon and how the Lord kept reducing their numbers to detour people from attributing their victory to sheer numbers thus robbing the Lord of the Glory due Him.

I guess I need Sista Lillie's help on this to get it down right.

Anyway, I'm beginning to believe that numbers are' important, albeit maybe after quality has been well established.
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