Portland denies permit for Hempstalk at request of evangelical DEA agent

Plans for the third-annual Portland Hempstalk, a festival celebrating and calling for the legalization of marijuana, went up in smoke Wednesday as the Portland City Council refused to grant a permit. via Oregonlive.com

[egodraconis]

It just goes to show you that no matter how many times Mayor Potter and city council members tell us they REALLY are Democratic Party members, they are actually Republicans who run as Demo's because they know a Republican couldn't get elected to office here.

[Michael Marical]

So Mr. Potter Were is the separation of church and state. In other words, get your church out of my face.

[OregonActivist]

Yeah, either that, or they are really Democrats and just understand that smoking pot is still illegal (without a card) and that to give a permit were you know the participants are going to intenionally, openly and actively violate the law is not within their power as city counselors. Hmm, maybe that is more accurate than Egodragonis's idea.

[john]

get over it,pot will never be legal.quit whinning...........

[egodraconis]

OregonActivist, the law clearly says that you cannot punish or stop someone from lawfully assembling just because you imagine they will break the law.

For the record, John, I am not even a marijuana smoker.

I just believe in the right to peacefully assemble.

[OregonActivist]

egodraconis wrote:

OregonActivist, the law clearly says that you cannot punish or stop someone from lawfully assembling just because you imagine they will break the law.
For the record, John, I am not even a marijuana smoker.
I just believe in the right to peacefully assemble.

John, key point to your quasi legal definition is "lawfully" assembling. A board or counsel can refuse to issue a permit based on reasonable grounds justified by important government interest (preventing lawbreaking) that do not violate free speech rights. I read that article a long time ago, but I seem to remember the promoters openly advertising that pot was allowed. That seems like enough to trigger the board to protect the important government interest by denying the permit.

[Praise_The_Lord]

God created the United States laws and everything in it. If you try and break those laws you are going to burn in a lake of fire. Drugs are bad mmmkay?!

[Ring of Fire]

So you think God created abortion also?

Praise_The_Lord wrote:

God created the United States laws and everything in it. If you try and break those laws you are going to burn in a lake of fire. Drugs are bad mmmkay?!

[Christiaan Dykstra]

I am bummed the show is not going on. I think it would be funny to do the Portland Hempstalk in vancouver Washington ..........

egodraconis wrote:

OregonActivist, the law clearly says that you cannot punish or stop someone from lawfully assembling just because you imagine they will break the law.
For the record, John, I am not even a marijuana smoker.
I just believe in the right to peacefully assemble.

[sognatore]

WTF? That is the most illogical, untrue thing i've ever read. Get real. Burn in a lake of fire? LMAO!

Praise_The_Lord wrote:

God created the United States laws and everything in it. If you try and break those laws you are going to burn in a lake of fire. Drugs are bad mmmkay?!