AUSTIN, Texas — A proposal seeking full legalization of marijuana on religious grounds has cleared an unlikely legislative hurdle.
Republican state Rep. David Simpson of Longview and therefore shouldn’t be banned by government. The tea party stalwart has repeatedly championed what he calls the “Christian case” for legalization.
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Simpson’s bill languished for weeks before the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Three committee Democrats and two Republicans surprisingly voted to support it Wednesday, though, and it passed 5-2.
That makes Simpson’s bill eligible for consideration to reach the House floor before the legislative session ends June 1, although thatap still highly unlikely.
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State law currently makes no exceptions even for medical marijuana, making outright Texas marijuana legalization unthinkable.
Still, advocates hailed the committee vote as “unprecedented progress” for state marijuana rights.
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