Grand Junction billboard highlights evangelist Pat Robertson's support for treating marijuana like alcohol
Grand Junction billboard highlights evangelist Pat Robertson's support for treating marijuana like alcohol
UPDATE: The billboard generated some great media coverage and public dialogue. See below for videos of the news stories that appeared on Grand Junction's CBS, ABC, and NBC affiliates. It was also the top story on the city's ABC affiliate, and it received coverage by ABC News, the Huffington Post, The Raw Story, Denver's Fox affiliate, and Westword, among others.
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The campaign launched a billboard in Grand Junction today that highlights conservative evangelist Pat Robertson's support for Amendment 64, the initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol in Colorado. The digital billboard features an image of Robertson and reads: "Pat Robertson would vote YES on 64. Will you?" It is located on the I-70 Business Loop just west of Main Street, facing east.
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In a March interview in The New York Times, Robertson said he "absolutely" supports the initiative on the ballot in Colorado that would regulate marijuana like alcohol.
“I really believe we should treat marijuana the way we treat beverage alcohol," Robertson said. “If people can go into a liquor store and buy a bottle of alcohol and drink it at home legally, then why do we say that the use of this other substance is somehow criminal?”
As a widely recognized conservative and evangelical leader, Robertson's endorsement is especially powerful.
Many people are familiar with Pat Robertson and appreciate his opinions. In this case, his opinion is that it makes absolutely no sense to allow adults to use alcohol, yet punish them for using marijuana. Robertson has also decried the massive amount of money wasted on arresting, prosecuting and imprisoning people for marijuana-related offenses. We hope folks will take this opinion into consideration as they cast their votes on Amendment 64 this November.
Robertson's endorsement is a testament to the growing nature of our coalition. Regulating marijuana like alcohol is not a matter of liberal versus conservative -- it's a simple matter of common sense.