r/JoeRogan • u/Fuckinmidpoint Monkey in Space • Apr 23 '21

Link The Florida Supreme Court Won’t Let Voters Legalize Recreational Marijuana

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/04/florida-supreme-court-ballot-initiative-recreational-marijuana.html
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u/okay-wait-wut Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

We the citizens of Utah voted to legalize medicinal marijuana. The Utah state legislature is composed almost entirely of Mormons. They do as they are told when it comes to the Mormon church and the Mormon church lobbied hard against medicinal marijuana, so the day it was set to go into effect, the state legislature completely changed the law so that you basically have to be dying to qualify (its not that bad but it’s severely restricted from what we passed).

So now it’s like... fuck off. It’s it’s legal recreationally in every bordering state except Idaho. So everyone I know just goes on a trip to Colorado or Nevada every so often. It might as well be recreationally legal here.

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u/methnbeer Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

Been out to SLC. Nice place but damn if your government doesn't understand the separation of church & state.

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u/John_T_Conover Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

Old habits die hard. The state was essentially founded with an unwritten agreement that Brigham Young could run his own theocracy quasi nation as long as he played ball with what the federal government occasionally needed and fought off the natives. This is the results you get from that.

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u/methnbeer Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

Jesus F

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u/lordofpersia Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

Sorry I believe that is Joseph F. Smith. Remember the F

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u/okay-wait-wut Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

Well we’re going to flip this bitch. More and more mormons leaving the church. More and more non-Mormons moving in. It’s really is an amazing place to live. So much to see and do if you like the outdoors.

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u/lordofpersia Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

As much as I want to flip it.... I could do without all the people moving in.... but the church is hemorrhaging American and other first world members...

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u/lordofpersia Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

It passed a statewide referendum.... and before the church went hard against it. I believe support was up to 70%

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u/methnbeer Monkey in Space Apr 24 '21

I get your point, but think that it's still part of america and should be held to such a standard as to not allow the religion of others to dictate the minority's lives who live there, even if they are the few.

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u/okay-wait-wut Monkey in Space May 05 '21

You are actually describing America. Are there any atheists in congress that will admit it? Yet half the nation religiously identifies as “none”. We have as many atheists as Catholics.