Reader: Church Can't Debate Pot Until It Pays Taxes Like the Cannabis Industry

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The Centennial Institute hosted an all-day symposium, Marijuana's Impact on Colorado, at Colorado Christian University on October 6, culminating in a debate between Centennial Institute director Jeff Hunt and cannabis attorney Robert Corry. But readers were already debating the CCU event before those two faced off. Says Jason:

 When the church pays the kind of taxes the cannabis industry does, then they can have a voice about it.

Adds Jen:

 Aren't there more important things to be arguing about? This world has bigger problems than marijuana. Move on and fight for something that actually harms people.

Comments Tim:

 Who's "we," Jeff Hunt? People for organized crime? Your taxes are lower because of marijuana. Your taxes are lower because people are traveling to your state instead of other states and spending their money.

Concludes Jared: 

Funny how Republicans want less government and more state's rights...right up until they want the government to tell people what they can put in their bodies and what women can do with theirs.

Keep reading for some of our stories about cannabis and Colorado Christian University:

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Legal Cannabis Opponents United at Colorado Christian University to Fight Pot Industry

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Dear USA Today: Marijuana Hasn't Devastated Colorado

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Why the Man Trying to End the 420 Rally Turned Against Marijuana