Posted on 07/21/2006 11:04:56 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Dan and Mary Quaintance of Pima claim they use marijuana - often mixed with milk - in their practice of the Zoroastrian faith. The Quaintances are awaiting trial after being arrested in New Mexico in February for having 172 pounds of marijuana in their possession. While milk, and goat's milk specifically, can sometimes be used in ceremonies in the Zoroastrian religion, Rustom Kevala, the president of the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America, said marijuana has never been used as part of their religion. "We don't want Zoroastrians to be associated with this kind of church," Kevala said. "I guess they (the Quaintances) were trying to find justification for the use." ...One of the crucial aspects of the Zoroastrian religion is that members are fire-worshippers and are forbidden to even light a cigarette, much less use drugs, Zoroastrian Association of Arizona secretary Parizad Patel-Pascuicco said.
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the quaintainces are nutjobs just debasing a noble religion.
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