1 I'm not even a Christian, let alone a fundamentalist one, but I am a veteran of the Drug War, and a combat veteran at that. I've seen people's lives destroyed in South America, all in an effort by our government to protect stupid people from their own habits. That is what I find to be the most fundamentally immoral thing imaginable. There's no Ayn Randesque Objectivist way to back up the rationale for the Drug War, anymore than anything Jeeeeezuss might have said to even remotely suggest stoning someone for growing the wrong sort of a crop.

2 My personal opinion (based on my understanding of scripture) is Jesus would more than likely be found hanging around with stoners on occasion, were his ministry to have taken place in modern times. He was accused of being a glutton and a drunkard by the religious leaders of his day, not to mention excoriated for his habit of hanging loose with the lowest members of society. Well then? You know he's not going to be found on Park Avenue, preaching at the First Church of the Upright and Pure? No, he'll be downtown somewhere, preaching to a crowd of pimps, prostitutes and bums. And more than likely he'll go have dinner and hang with the local drug kingpin and his homies. You really think he's going to pass when the blunt is handed his way? Careful... Thanks Atilla for the linky, though I expect the attention will unearth someone bent on convincing me I'm going to hell for my beliefs.

3 I've always thought Jesus would be found with the suffering among the gay community: with the "throwaway" young hooker-runaways, with the HIV-positive. All of the above, I think.