Summary: Yvette Carnell is a former Capitol Hill Staffer turned political blogger. She currently publishes two blogs, Spatterblog.com and GoGirlGuide.com and her article "The Black Church vs. Marijuana" takes a look at the role Church leaders are playing in Calfornia's Proposition 19 also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010 debate. Carnell writes, "Not much has changed in the black church since the 1990’s. Christians still prefer to paint, with broad strokes, a picture of their enemy standing squarely in Satan’s camp, and then bully said enemy into submission with vivid threats of fire and brimstone. The latest evangelist to pick up the torch and pitchfork is Reverend Ron Allen of the International Faith Based Coalition in California. He and his ministerial posse have embarked on a campaign to oppose a California initiative which would tax and regulate marijuana. And wouldn’t you just know it, they are also demonizing NAACP California Branch President Alice Huffman for her support of the ballot measure." Read more What do you think? Is the Black church on the wrong side of this issue? The Black Church vs. Marijuana has been featured in the Huffington Post, Atlanta Post, Hip Hop Wired and a whole host of other online publications.
