(323) 798 - 4813 Address: 5642 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Ca 90028 LibertyBellTemple@yahoo.com Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom ... We have taken our ministerly duties serious and provide sacrament to those in need and want of it in complaince with Prop.215 and SB420














I fled the tryanny of New Jersey for the sanctuary of California and opened this Temple as a Rasta Sanctuary,
"JAH BLESS US ALL"


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As a Temple we are always open for "GOD"
....but we too need sleep so our hours are:

Monday - Thursday (10am-11pm)

Friday - Saturday (10am-12)

Sunday (11-9pm)




Please watch this above video

please understand that the liberty Bell Temple is a peaceful religious organization located in Hollywood, Ca. - that provides "medical/spiritual marijuana" for the Cannabis Consuming Community of Los Angeles.



COP ROBBERY - LAPD RAIDS RASTAFARIAN TEMPLE

7-14-2010

*SEE VIDEO BELOW*





Rastafarian temple files lawsuit in wake of marijuana raid

8-1-2010


READ LAWSUIT HERE: DENIAL OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION

JUDGE DENIES TRO : RASTAFARIAN TEMPLE STAYS OPEN ANYWAY


LAWSUIT INFO


JUDGE GRANTS INJUNCTION

Rules la law Unconstitutional

12-11-2010



BECAUSE THE LA CITY LAW HAS BEEN RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE TEMPLE WILL STAY OPEN AND WILL PURSUE ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST CITY

This lawsuit and legal action to stay open and to set LEGAL CASE LAW PRECEDENT will cost money, we at the Temple are asking our members and concerned/interested citizens for help - Please donate thru PAYPAL BELOW.


WATCH NJWEEDMAN INTERVEIW ABOUT RAID


This video is (1) of (6) please watch them all

(NOV 16th, 2011)
LOS ANGELES DISMISSES
CASE AGAINST LIBERTY BELL TEMPLE



HEALING HOUR

4:20 - 5:20pm

"Reasoning Session"



The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says the government cannot make laws "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion. Many people use marijuana as a religious sacrament, and forcing them not to use marijuana clearly prohibits the free exercise of their religion. In order to comply with the First Amendment, our laws should allow for the religious use of marijuana.

...... it creates no impediment to the free exercise of their faith in their homes, their houses of worship, or other non-federal locations. - (Forchion Vs USA)

The law allows Reasonable Compensation - SB/420

NO FLOWER OVER $55

(c) A primary caregiver who receives compensation for actual expenses, including reasonable compensation incurred for services provided to an eligible qualified patient or person with an identification card to enable that person to use marijuana under this article, or for payment for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing those services, or both, shall not, on the sole basis of that fact, be subject to prosecution or punishment under Section 11359 or 11360.


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The first Amendment right to Freedom of Religion, California Prop 215, and the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. § 2000bb(a))  combine to allow the minister here at The Liberty Bell Temple II, inc., "Ras Ed "NJweedman" Forchion" to posses marijuana. In strict compliance with Prop 215 rules and regulations the Liberty BellTemple II, Inc. provides the sacrament of our faith “ganja, to the people”. Our ministry duties, mission will be to provide sacrament to those in need medicinally and spiritually. With good thoughts, good words, good deeds we honor the Holy Marijuana as the Teacher, The Provider, The Protector. The cultivation and proper use of cannabis are inseparable parts of, and necessary to, "our mode of worship". Any cultivation, or use, is in accordance with the rules of the American Rastafari Society, The United Cannabis Ministries and The Liberty Bell Temple; is thereby not harmful to the health , safety, welfare, or morals of society nor our members.


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HEALING HOUR


4:20 - 5:20pm

"Reasoning Session"




Solidary confinement for hairFor more than 10 years [Kendall Gibson] has lived in segregation at the Greensville Correctional Center, spending at least 23 hours every day in a cell the size of a gas station bathroom. In a temporary home for the worst of the worst - inmates too violent or disruptive to live among the rest of society's outcasts - he has been a permanent fixture.He is there, he says, not for his crimes but for a crime he will not commit - a crime against God. (READ WHOLE STORY HERE)





RASTA'S CAN USE MARIJUANA RELIGIOUSLY

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on February 2, 1996 that under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Rastafarian defendants should be allowed to show that they use marijuana for bona fide religious reasons in their defense against charges of possession of marijuana (U.S. v. Bauer, No. 94-30073, 96 C.D.O.S. 756, 1996WL42240 (9th Cir. 1996); http://www.law.vill.edu/Fed-Ct/Circuit/9th/opinions/9430073.htm; Reynolds Holding, "Rastafarian Pot Could Be Legal," San Francisco Chronicle, February 3, 1996, p. A14; "Marijuana For Religious Reasons," Washington Post, February 5, 1996, p. A10; Associated Press, "Court: Rastafarians Can Hold Marijuana," Chicago Tribune, February 4, 1996, p. 9).

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Acting on two tips, police initiated an investigation of marijuana trafficking from Mexico to Billings, Montana. As a result of the investigation, 26 people were indicted in November 1992 on a number of charges, including conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana, money laundering, use of firearms in relation to drug trafficking, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

Three of the defendants, Calvin Treiber, Dawn Meeks, and Lexi Bauer, appealed on the grounds that they possessed the marijuana in the course of practicing their religion, Rastafarianism. The Court of Appeals found that Rastafarianism is a recognized religion that considers marijuana a sacrament.

In 1993, Meeks had requested the district court to provide funds for expert testimony on the use of marijuana in Rastafarianism. The district court denied that motion and granted a government motion to prevent any religious defense to the charges. The defendants' trial started on October 3, 1993. On November 17, 1993, the defendants notified the court that President Clinton had signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on November 16, 1993. The Act declares that "governments should not substantially burden religious exercise without compelling justification," i.e. government interest. Further, the Act allows for persons who find that a law does "substantially burden" their free exercise of religion to present evidence of such at trial (P.L. 103-141; 42 U.S.C. 2000bb-1). The district court refused to reconsider its ruling on the government's motion.

Post-conviction, the defendants argued that laws regulating marijuana greatly interfere with the ability of Rastafarians to practice their religion. The district court ruled that "the government has an overriding interest in regulating marijuana." The court quoted a 1967 Fifth Circuit decision: "It would be difficult to imagine the harm which would result if the criminal statutes against marihuana were nullified as to those who claim the right to possess and traffick in this drug for religious purposes. For all practical purposes the anti-marihuana laws would be meaningless, and enforcement impossible" (Leary v. U.S., 383 F.2d 851 (5th Cir. 1967), rev'd on other grounds, 395 U.S. 6 (1969)).

The Court of Appeals three judge panel was unanimous that the defendants should have been allowed to present evidence of their religious use of marijuana at trial. Judge John T. Noonan, Jr., writing for the court, found that under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the government would be required to show that the burdens on the defendants' religion were in the course of furthering the government's interest and that the laws were the "least restrictive means of furthering that compelling government interest." While the defendants may use the religious argument in their defense of simple possession charges, Noonan wrote that the same argument cannot be applied to other charges of conspiracy to distribute, possession with intent to distribute, and money laundering. "Nothing before us suggests that Rastafarianism would require this conduct," he wrote.

Noonan ordered that the defendants be retried on the simple possession charges. At such trial, Noonan wrote, the government can challenge whether the defendants are Rastafarians. "It is not enough in order to enjoy the protections of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act to claim the name of a religion as a protective cloak," Noonan wrote. "Neither the government nor the court has to accept the defendants' mere say-so."

The defendants appealed on a number of other grounds, including inappropriate peremptory challenges to the jury by the prosecution, misleading jury instructions, and selective prosecution. The Court of Appeals found no grounds for any of these arguments.


RELATED LINKS:

MARIJUANA CHURCH

RELIGIOUS USE DEFENSE

FORCHION Vs USA

 

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