African American groups seek ouster of California NAACP head for stance on legalized marijuana

[Seneca]

African American groups seek ouster of California NAACP head for stance on legalized marijuana

More than 20 African American religious and community leaders called Wednesday for Alice Huffman to resign as president of the California State Conference of the NAACP after she and her organization endorsed a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana in the state.

Bishop Ron Allen and other members of the International Faith-Based Coalition said Proposition 19 on the November ballot would hurt African Americans, and he criticized Huffman's backing of the measure.

"Why would the state NAACP advocate for blacks to stay high?" Allen said at a Capitol news conference. "It's going to cause crime to go up. There will be more drug babies."


http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-huffman-marijuana-20100708,0,2938864.story

[Bullet1987]

1. They're religious groups, so they're conservative, so it's not surprising

they're against the proposition. It's asinine to say that the proposition will hurt Blacks though, if anything it'll help stop Blacks from being arrested in CA.

[mike_c]

2. utterly clueless....

Sheesh. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, I suppose. Even the ignorant.

[asdjrocky]

3. Maybe someone should tell them Jesus used hemp oil for his feet. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Jesus H. Christ! Drug policies are among the most

draconian of tools used by the State to incarcerate blacks & deprive them of not just their ordinary liberties, but their right to vote.

The NAACP should absolutely stake out a pro-legalization position.

[krabigirl]

5. What a surprise, religious people again.

[ZombieHorde]

6. Religion is faulty logic. nt

[Gold Metal Flake]

7. "Why would the state NAACP advocate for blacks to stay high?"

If that statement came from a white dude I would call it racist.

[meow mix]

8. caging fellow humans over a plant.. while alcohol is considered "good" but kills people everyday.

a safer alternative has a political war on its head so they support caging humans. sickos

[Carnage251]

9. Ignorance is bliss

Fuck you Bishop Ron Allen and the International Faith-Based Coalition

[TransitJohn]

10. Drug babies?

:wtf:

[bemildred]

11. Yeah, I thought "drug babies" was crack or smack or something like that.

Last I heard there was nothing much about pot and babies.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. So they're okay with the racist drug war?

:shrug:

[eShirl]

14. sure sounds like it

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[H2O Man]

13. Sad.

I can't understand why anyone would care about adults smoking pot in the privacy of their own homes. It really seems like an uptight, rigid, self-righteous and foolish mindset.

[Iggo]

15. He's advocating to keep blacks out of jail...not to keep tham high.

...not to keep them high, Bishop Allen, you fucking moron.

[populistdriven]

16. the same groups that gave us CA and FL marriage bans, fuck em

[marmar]

17. Ron Allen? No surprise. He's as worthless as Monopoly money.

nt

[Fumesucker]

18. Obama agrees with bishop Allen..

Gil Kerlikowske speaks for Obama on drugs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Kerlikowske

Richard Gil Kerlikowske (born November 23, 1949) is the current Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a position generally referred to as the United States "Drug Czar". He assumed office on May 7, 2009.

(...)

In a May 22, 2009 interview on KUOW radio, he said any drug 'legalization' would be "waving the white flag" and that "legalization is off the the charts when it comes to discussion, from my viewpoint" and that "legalization vocabulary doesn't exist for me and it was made clear that it doesn't exist in President Obama's vocabulary." Specifically about marijuana, he said, "It's a dangerous drug" and about the medical use of marijuana, he said, "we will wait for evidence on whether smoked marijuana has any medicinal benefits - those aren't in."