sincere religious belief
step by step guide to religious defense for cannabis:
- Identify a religious use.
- Sincerely believe.
- Document your belief.
- Practice your belief.
2. Sincerely believe. The U.S. Supreme Court requires that your requirement to use cannabis must be a sincerely held religious belief. Pr Ntr Kmt offers free information on ancient and modern practices so that you can learn and be prepared to defend your belief.
legal standard
The legal standard in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is that religious beliefs must be sincerely held.
In the 1990s a Los Angeles woman claimed a religious defense for prostitution. She claimed to be a priestess of Isis and claimed to be engaging in an ancient Egyptian religious practice where a priestess has sex as the Goddess rather than as a human. The jury was going along with her defense until the prosecutor asked a series of simple questions about Isis that the woman was completely unable to answer. This failure convinced the jury that her religious beliefs weren’t sincere.
The lesson is that you must be able to demonstrate in court that you understand your religious beliefs and that your religious beliefs are sincere. A major goal of this web site is to provide that detailed information for a wide variety of possible religious beliefs. Please help support this effort.
See also cannabis and guide to cannabis religion.
