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Al Sharpton Says Weed Is The Next ‘Civil Rights Cause’
dailycaller.com ^ | 9/29/17 | Amber Randall

Posted on 09/30/2017 12:19:39 PM PDT by ColdOne

Rev. Al Sharpton argued that the fight to legalize marijuana is the next civil rights cause in a Thursday op-ed for the Guardian.

Sharpton, an activist and preacher, said it’s crucial to decriminalize marijuana because laws against it have oppressed minorities over the years, making it difficult for them to get good educations and other opportunities.

“It is a civil rights cause that we should not postpone, but accelerate during these dark and difficult times,” Sharpton said. “For Democrats and progressives, the arguments have always been clear: generations of Americans, overwhelmingly people of color, have been imprisoned and starved of access to higher education, housing, and economic opportunities, and stripped of their inalienable right to vote thanks to non-violent acts.”

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To: ColdOne
I can see the headline now,

Sharpton starts campaign for Kudzu

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

41 posted on 09/30/2017 5:24:39 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: ColdOne
I thought cocaine was Fat Al's cause? Sharpton was 'eager to get slice of 1980s coke deal': pal
42 posted on 09/30/2017 5:34:14 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: onedoug

Bingo!


43 posted on 09/30/2017 5:41:36 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: equaviator

Al, pay for taxes.
repay all the campaign freebies you are on the hook for. And be quiet!


44 posted on 09/30/2017 7:16:28 PM PDT by jayrunner
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