Christian Coalition Founder Pat Robertson Calls For Marijuana Legalization

Raw Story:

Count this among the 10 things nobody ever expected to see in their lifetimes: 700 Club founder Pat Robertson, one of the cornerstone figures of America's Christian right movement, has come out in favor of legalizing marijuana.

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[JaxReader]

05:52 PM on 12/30/2010

Read past the PR move.... you will find the Devil has his eyes locked on lining his pockets with government money. Thank God for the founding fathers. It wont happen.

[YouDontWantMeHere]

10:32 AM on 12/29/2010

it's not that i dont's enjoy a marywanna high butts like i've said: peoples thought i was stoned even when i was straight(which i found kinda amuzin') but then i realized: Kr@p! now i AM stoned!

[nitwitsRus]

10:52 AM on 12/29/2010

well i would not feel so all alone everbody must get...

[huffposter07]

11:52 AM on 12/25/2010

Hateful entertainers like Robertson and Pope Benny have to cave in a little once in a while to create better PR for themselves. Benny was told by God that condoms were better than AIDS in some cases; that was his concession. Robertson made a splash in the media by advocating
legalization of weed. (This from a guy who said thousands died in NYC because of homosexuality among other things.) These are interesting times to live in. Lots of colorful characters like Robertson floating in the jetsam. I don't think he deserves credit for anything.

[SonnyDee]

11:23 AM on 12/25/2010

You know what they say about a broken clock...

[RuleofLawNow]

10:31 AM on 12/25/2010

There are so many reasons why this may be the most forward thinking, actually Christian, comment he has ever made. Hate-based Christianity is unfortunately a grim challenge the United States faces. Some refer to it as the American Taliban. Regardless of the label, it will take many more, like Rev. Robertson, placing Christlike qualities first and discriminatory othering techniques second, to change the tide. It is a long road. The purveyors of hate-based Christianity have corrupted the religion for financial and political profit, and they are entrenched.

[MohammedAbbasi]

09:55 AM on 12/25/2010

Maybe he has a large batch in some customs house and this is the only way he can clear it?

[Roadrun]

09:40 AM on 12/25/2010

brings to mind a skit from a long time ago (which, in itself disproves an old wives tale about pot and memory) -- I use to be messed on drugs, now I've found the lord, now I'm all messed up on the lord.-Cheech and Chong

[David01]

09:25 AM on 12/25/2010

Pat Robertson has been a con artist and war profiteer for over 40 years.
He doesn't really support legalization. He supports taxpayer funding for "faith-based" drug treatment dormitories. It's a scam.

[immortal]

09:34 AM on 12/25/2010

You know exactly whats going on. Very Nice!

[David01]

12:45 PM on 12/25/2010

I remember being home from school, sick, back in the early '70's, and I was watching 700 Club, (I was struggling with faith then.) Robertson had a local celebrity from WBAP (Dallas/FW) and they were talking about the planes being shot down over North Vietnam, and Robertson was advising everyone to invest in titanium and other strategic metals because he knew we would be spending billions on warplanes decades into the future.
That's when I gave up on organized Christianity once and for all. I haven't forgotten it, and I've kept one eye on Robertson and the other televangelists since.

[Taper123]

11:08 AM on 12/25/2010

Just to back up your claim that it's a scam...

"Dr. Robertson did not call for the decriminalization of marijuana. He was advocating that our government revisit the severity of the existing laws because mandatory drug sentences do harm to many young people who go to prison and come out as hardened criminals. He was also pointing out that these mandatory sentences needlessly cost our government millions of dollars when there are better approaches available. Dr. Robertson's comments followed a CBN News story about a group of conservatives who have proven that faith-based rehabilitation for criminals has resulted in lower repeat offenders and saved the government millions of dollars. Dr. Robertson unequivocally stated that he is against the use of illegal drugs.

Chris Roslan
Spokesman for CBN"

[huffposter07]

11:57 AM on 12/25/2010

"Dr. Robertson" my a**. This fool said that American cities suffered tragedies because gay people lived there and were accepted by many. He's no "doctor," despite what worthless degrees he may have. Heck, there are people who get themselves ordained as
"ministers" for a few dollars by mail or Internet so they can earn some bucks by performing weddings. Very impressive--"Dr. Robertson."

[Gaylord P Farqua]

08:44 AM on 12/25/2010

Would the janitor please check the church for a "pod." It is possible that the Most Reverend Pat Robertson has been the victim of a body snatcher or had his brain sucked out by an alien. After decades of lunacy ole Pat has finally hit on something that makes sense. If he came up with this on his own and it is not some evangelical bait and switch deal then bravo Pat, and keep talking. Perhaps the best way to destroy the market price for pot is to apply good old supply and demand. When hundreds of thousands of licensed pot farmers are growing weed the supply will force a drop in price. Couple that with laws against purchasing or selling unlicensed product and we may stand a chance of reducing the prison population by thousands and starving out the Mexican drug cartels even if they drop their price. With good legislation even buying licensed and taxed product will be wiser than illegal pot even if it costs a bit more.

[Sisa]

07:49 AM on 12/25/2010

Legalize it. But unless you have a prescription for an obvious affliction.... I would never hire a pothead legal or not.

[pfods]

09:34 AM on 12/25/2010

Well I hope you wouldn't hire someone who drinks or someone who is on adderall then. Why wouoldnt you hire someone who smokes pot? Because you're ignorant and think they'll show up high?

[David01]

09:35 AM on 12/25/2010

The best thing this country could do is legalize marijuana for adults. Allow people to buy a tax stamp to grow their own. Put a small part of that enormous amount of money that would be saved towards education of minors about mental health and the dangers of excessive pot use, and all the other drugs. Toward treatment of addiction.
Put the weight of enforcement behind protecting minors.

Right now, the current laws help to draw minors into the street sales of drugs. Then they're slowly assimilated into the prison recidivist population and turned into hardened criminals. There's also the corrupting influence this has in Mexico.
While I favor legalization, my decades of experience with pot, alcohol and with abusers of all drugs tells me that we cannot afford to continue down this path. The debate should be centered around mental health and helping kids get a good education and a good start in life. Then there will be fewer addicts who need treatment, and law enforcement will be a much easier job.

[JiminNC]

07:07 AM on 12/25/2010

Hey Pat, you did this, maybe you can undo it. If so, I might send you some money.

[David01]

09:18 AM on 12/25/2010

Pleas read the whole story. CBN walked back his comments. Actually what he's promoting is "faith-based dormitory drug treatment centers" as an alternative to prison.
It's another hustle of taxpayer money to enlarge the army of evangelical koolaid drinkers.
No thanks.

[speckitis]

06:35 AM on 12/25/2010

I wish HP would've included his rationale for legalization. It could have been an attack of aphasia, except in Robertson's case aphasia would produce sense as opposed to his normal nonsense.

[bluntobject]

01:12 AM on 12/25/2010

Well...this is about the most rational thing this ridiculous goofball has ever done.
 
Who'ed a Thunk it? Maybe he DOES have a few brain cells left that aren't SO brainwashed with his own diatribe that he can think clearly about "one" thing.

[sgraham59]

12:00 AM on 12/25/2010

Go Pot Robertson

[KrazyJay]

11:28 PM on 12/24/2010

Interesting how he treats the institutionalization of marijuana criminalization as part of something removed from the agenda of the religious right - like it's something he just discovered after "looking into it."

The "War on Drugs" was the Reagan Administrations pander to the Christian Coalition - the Just Say No campaign all the way to mandatory sentencing. This was their rape baby, so it's amusing when he pretends to look at the fruit of his loins like he "ain't that baby daddy."

Puh-lease. Wake up and take some friggin' responsibility, Preacher Pat.

[JiminNC]

07:08 AM on 12/25/2010

Here's to his evolution and education then! I am sure he has a $$$ angle on it thought ... blessed weed ... holy smoke?

[David01]

09:19 AM on 12/25/2010

He's not really advocating legalization. He's advocating taxpayer funding for "faith-based dormitories" for drug treatment.