A conservative radio host for an anti-gay group suggested punishing marijuana use with the equivalent of a speeding ticket on Sunday.
Bryan Fischer, the director of issues analysis for the American Family Association (labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group), was responding to a comment from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on "Fox News Sunday" that marijuana use wasn't worth throwing people in jail for. Taking to Twitter, Fischer agreed.
As Salon's Jillian Rayfield noted, Fischer is only the latest in a series of Christian conservatives to loosen up about pot. Pat Robertson backed full legalization earlier in March.
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Fischer's position isn't as advanced as Robertson's. He has previously blasted legalization as "a really bad idea" and claimed -- again responding to Rand Paul -- that marijuana causes brain damage.
A December Quinnipiac poll found that 51 percent of American voters, and 31 percent of Republicans, support fully legalizing pot.
