A conservative legislator is fighting for marijuana legalization in Texas because God didn't make a mistake

A controversial marijuana legalization bill is advancing in the Texas legislature and Texas Rep. David Sampson is urging his religiously conservative colleagues to back the bill.

According to Mr. Sampson God doesn't make mistakes, and thus marijuana was no accident or oversight that the government needs to regulate. Sampson has also argued that the government's efforts to regulate marijuana results in the violation of Constitutional rights.

Sampson is backed by the Tea Party. He has enjoyed exceptionally strong support in past elections and has not been seriously challenged in either the Republican primary or general election since winning his first election in 2010. This past Wednesday the bill (HB-2165) took a small, but crucial, step forward. The Texas legislature’s House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee voted in favor of the bill, thus moving it onto the next step of the legislative process. With the Texas legislative session set to...

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