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Most pastors feel strongly that marijuana should remain illegal even as an increasing number of states legalize medical and recreational use and public perception shifts regarding the plant-based drug, a new study of over 1,000 Protestant pastors has found. 

Marijuana plants are sold at the Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle, Washington. | Reuters/ Anthony Bolante Most pastors feel strongly that marijuana should remain illegal even as an increasing number of states legalize medical and recreational use and public perception shifts regarding the plant-based drug, a new study of over 1,000 Protestant pastors has found.  The study released Tuesday from the Nashville-based Lifeway Research found that fewer than one-in-five pastors (18%) say marijuana should be legalized throughout the United States for “any purpose.”  Ab...

What’s behind declining sperm counts and fertility? JavaScript in your web browser. Please Engaging views and analysis from outside contributors on the issues affecting society and faith today. CP VOICES do not necessarily reflect the views of The Christian Post. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s). CP Current Page: Voices | What’s behind declining sperm counts and fertility? What’s behind declining sperm counts and fertility? In the 1992 dystopian novel,  The Children of Men, P. D. James tells the story of a world where no child has been born in 26 years. It’s a ...

Donations, food, instruments and more stolen from New Haven church     NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — A New Haven church, burglarized. Church leaders say electronics, instruments and donations were all taken from the church in the middle of the day. “It’s sad, he feels so sad that somebody would do that,” said church leader Jonathan Gonzalez. Gonzalez and Pastor Roberto Rivera restored the Iglesia Pentecostal Jehova in 2011. The two have been working to serve the community for the past 10 years. On March 18, Pastor Rivera walked into the church to find donations, electronics, an...