"A great example of not bringing strange gods before the God."
You have put your nation above God so that it is no longer one nation under God. You submit your will to even make a choice to partake of a gift from god because a short time ago your nation's leaders under the influence of racism, fear and corporate manipulation sought to ban and eradicate this gift despite it being wholly outside of their purview. These elect of a time you have put before God and his word.