Gemma, regarding my representation of my Wumaniti Native American Church member rights to celebrate plant sacrament, including cannabis, in Ohio and wherever religious freedom is protected, I presented my Not-Guilty case to Fayette County, Ohio, charges of cannabis and paraphernalia possession, in Washington Court House, Ohio, Municipal Court, by entering into evidence my Wumaniti membership card (Exhibit A); your letter confirming my membership and our Native American Church (NAC) rights (Exhibit B); printouts of material detailing our rights, linked below, from Oklevuehas Native American Churches website - nativeamericanchurches.org/ - (Exhibit C); and a Barra Buddha wrapper, demonstrating Wumaniti sacrament (Exhibit D). I will more fully document the details of the trial, along with the decision, but, in summary, my opening statement claimed it was a straight forward matter; the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution protects freedom of religion - and explicitly the rights of Indian Americans - and courts have protected the rights of Oklevueha Native American Church members to celebrate plant sacrament including cannabis. As I was able to prove I was a member of a church of Oklevueha I was de facto legal to have cannabis, and so the claims of the police and county - the controlled substance laws for cannabis, in America - did not apply to me. In conclusion, the judge seemed to agree these rights were protected as religions freedom, under the US Constitutions Bill of Rights, as I documented - he stated a written decision was forthcoming, and I was free to go. I will provide complete documentation of this decision, with my report on the details of the trial, as all that will be helpful for any other church members persecuted for exercising their constitutional rights. Oklevueha Documents entered en mass as Exhibit C: nativeamericanchurches.org/ Here are the links to many documents that are important in our efforts to preserve and maintain the constitutional freedoms to worship and use indigenous ceremonies and sacraments to assist in the healing of mankind nativeamericanchurches.org/legal-documentation-pages/ Consequences for Violating the Civil Rights of ONAC Members: nativeamericanchurches.org/2590-2/ Federal Laws Protecting the Native American Religion Civil Liberties: First Amendment and the Bill of Rights nativeamericanchurches.org/first-amendment-of-the-bill-of-rights/ Religious Land Use and Institutional Persons Act of 2000 nativeamericanchurches.org/religious-land-use-and-institutionalized-persons-act-of-2000-law-september-22-2000/ American Indian Religious Freedom Act (Aug. 11, 1978) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Religious_Freedom_Act
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:46:32 +0000
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