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Well Praise Jesus for the ever-vigilant Department Of Faith (DOF) and their unending efforts to root out false Christian drug addicts. THIS story comes to us from the Godly RED State of Arizona, home of our future President, John McCain. I'm sure all True Christians™ will agree that it is high time that we stop tolerating all forms of false Christianity, because it leads to sodomite churches, feminazi churches, cripple churches, and dope churches like this one! 
Plea could send Ariz. 'Dope Church' founders to prison
The founders of an Arizona church that deifies marijuana have pleaded guilty to two criminal charges and are now each facing up to 20 years in prison.
But Dan and Mary Quaintance , founders of the Church of Cognizance, remain confident that they will not end up behind bars. Although sentencing in federal court is set to take place within the next 75 days, the Quaintances are confident an appeal will keep them out of prison.
The couple on Aug. 18 pleaded guilty to two counts relating to their 2006 federal arrest — one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute 200 pounds or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana; and one count of possession with the intent to distribute 100 pounds or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana, as well as aiding and abetting.
The sentence will depend on the discretion of the judge, said Dan Quaintance’s lawyer, J.D. Herrera .
Dan Quaintance believes freedom of religion will prevail, and predicts the case could go as far as the U.S. Supreme Court.
“It was tough to plead guilty, but really we were just pleading to what we said we did. There is no doubt we had marijuana with us,” he said.
“We think ultimately the courts will see that we are just people using marijuana for our religion. It’s the First Amendment. We think we’ve got a pretty good case.”
The Quaintances live in Pima, Arizona, which is about 90 miles northeast of Tucson. They returned to their home after pleading guilty.
The pair, both in their 50s, had attempted to have the charges against them dismissed on the grounds that marijuana is part of their religion. A U.S. District Court dismissed that appeal, and the Quaintances said that’s why they pleaded guilty — without the religion defense they knew they’d be convicted at trial.
But now that the case has been concluded, the appellate court is expected to re-consider the religious argument.
The Church of Cognizance, which leaders say has "monasteries" in members' homes nationwide, has this motto: “With good thoughts, good words and good deeds, we honor marijuana: as the teacher, the provider, the protector.”
The Quaintances don't grow their sacrament but, rather, say they rely on donations of it, which they pick up from church “couriers.” They say that's what they were about to do when they were arrested.
The pair say they founded their Church of Cognizance in Pima in 1991.
In court documents, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office said the Quaintances are "obsessed and focused on marijuana," and Dan Quaintance's writings about his worship are “disjointed, poorly supported, illogical ramblings.”
Both Dan and Mary Quaintance stepped down as leaders of the church after their arrests. They continue to submit to court-ordered urine tests twice per month.
“It has affected our lives dramatically,” Quaintance said Thursday.
“We just celebrated our 35th anniversary and it’s the third year we haven’t been able to celebrate in our customary way. We’d always celebrate with some herb. All those years we’ve had together, we’ve always been close to the herb.”
The founders of an Arizona church that deifies marijuana have pleaded guilty to two criminal charges and are now each facing up to 20 years in prison.
But Dan and Mary Quaintance , founders of the Church of Cognizance, remain confident that they will not end up behind bars. Although sentencing in federal court is set to take place within the next 75 days, the Quaintances are confident an appeal will keep them out of prison.
The couple on Aug. 18 pleaded guilty to two counts relating to their 2006 federal arrest — one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute 200 pounds or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana; and one count of possession with the intent to distribute 100 pounds or more of a substance containing a detectable amount of marijuana, as well as aiding and abetting.
The sentence will depend on the discretion of the judge, said Dan Quaintance’s lawyer, J.D. Herrera .
Dan Quaintance believes freedom of religion will prevail, and predicts the case could go as far as the U.S. Supreme Court.
“It was tough to plead guilty, but really we were just pleading to what we said we did. There is no doubt we had marijuana with us,” he said.
“We think ultimately the courts will see that we are just people using marijuana for our religion. It’s the First Amendment. We think we’ve got a pretty good case.”
The Quaintances live in Pima, Arizona, which is about 90 miles northeast of Tucson. They returned to their home after pleading guilty.
The pair, both in their 50s, had attempted to have the charges against them dismissed on the grounds that marijuana is part of their religion. A U.S. District Court dismissed that appeal, and the Quaintances said that’s why they pleaded guilty — without the religion defense they knew they’d be convicted at trial.
But now that the case has been concluded, the appellate court is expected to re-consider the religious argument.
The Church of Cognizance, which leaders say has "monasteries" in members' homes nationwide, has this motto: “With good thoughts, good words and good deeds, we honor marijuana: as the teacher, the provider, the protector.”
The Quaintances don't grow their sacrament but, rather, say they rely on donations of it, which they pick up from church “couriers.” They say that's what they were about to do when they were arrested.
The pair say they founded their Church of Cognizance in Pima in 1991.
In court documents, prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office said the Quaintances are "obsessed and focused on marijuana," and Dan Quaintance's writings about his worship are “disjointed, poorly supported, illogical ramblings.”
Both Dan and Mary Quaintance stepped down as leaders of the church after their arrests. They continue to submit to court-ordered urine tests twice per month.
“It has affected our lives dramatically,” Quaintance said Thursday.
“We just celebrated our 35th anniversary and it’s the third year we haven’t been able to celebrate in our customary way. We’d always celebrate with some herb. All those years we’ve had together, we’ve always been close to the herb.”
Well, after raising up a few snakes and all, the Pastor noticed that the medical marywauner was doped up to high hell, his eyes were red, etc. Now in our church we believe in miraculous healing so of course the first thing that came to my mind, if this doper is a real Christian and SAVED then why is he in a wheelchair? No one is supposed to be in a wheelchair in the Pentecostal church, just like no one is supposed to be in a wheelchair at God's Favorite Church, the LBC! 
Heh! That's those nutty pew-jumping tongue-talking snake-handling Pentecostals for you! I've never known them to behave any different.
Trump / Arpaio 2016 -- The Government We Deserve 
I THINK NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WE SHOULD LOVE THEM THROUGH IT & NOT BE HATERS OF THEM! WE'R SUPOSED TO HATE SIN & SIN IS ANTTHING WE DON'T DO IN FAITH SO TAKE A LOOK IN YOUR OWN LIFE JUST TO SEE WHERE YOU ARE LIVING IN JUST AS MUCH SIN AS THE POT SMOKING BELEIVERS YOU CANT BE A DRUG ADDICT & BE IN LEADERSHIP @ CHURCH BUT YOU CAN HAVE LUST IN YOUR HEART & IN YOUR EYE'S YOUR BELLY COULD BE YOUR god MORE THAN GOD HIMSELF, HAVE AN UNFORGIVING HEART BE A BACK BITER ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HIDEN TO THE EYE BUT GOD KNOWS WHATS GOING ON IN HIS BODY. SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON IN THE CHURCH OF THE LATTER DAY'S & WHY DIDN'T I GO TO THE SCRIPTURES NO NEED TO YOU WOULD'NT SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF THE HOLY SPIRITS ANYWAYS WALK ACORDING TO THE SPIRIT & NOT THE FLESH & THE COMANDMENT WILL BE FULLFILLED SENSERLY YOURS LIBERTYINCHRIST
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