MANSFIELD, Ohio – Mansfield City Council Tuesday passed a non-binding resolution proposed by the Richland Community Prayer Network (RCPN) to officially oppose State Issue 3, a ballot issue that would legalize the use of marijuana in Ohio.
According to a press release from the RCPN, Benjamin Mutti of the RCPN and the Rev. El Akuchie spoke to city council.
“I would like to thank City Council and the administration for your tireless efforts in helping curtail the drug addiction tragedy that is striking our land,” Mutti told council.
Akuchie commented, “Marijuana is even more poisonous than when it was first outlawed nearly one hundred years ago. Legalizing this illicit drug in Ohio would be a triple threat to the health, safety, and morality of our great state. We don’t need anymore ‘second hand smoke’ to cloud our children’s future. Three is a crowd. Vote no on Issue 3.”
RCPN most recently coordinated a countywide prayer movement of pastors representing 66 local congregations this past summer, and also spearheaded an effort to persuade the County Commissioners to support the defunding of Planned Parenthood with 43 area clergy.