The leader of an American Indian church and his wife claim in a lawsuit that their First Amendment rights were violated when authorities tried to prevent them from practicing their religion by prosecuting them for consuming and distributing peyote. The most recent charges against the couple were dropped after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an unrelated case involving a hallucinogenic tea that the government cannot hinder religious practices without proof of a "compelling" need to do so.
May 19, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The leader of an American Indian church and his wife claim in a lawsuit that authorities tried to prevent them from practicing their religion by prosecuting the couple for consuming and distributing peyote.
James “Flaming Eagle” Mooney, 62, and Linda Mooney, 52, leaders of the Oklevueha Earth Walks Native American Church of Utah, have successfully fought charges involving their use of peyote.
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