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In a surprise statement on his conservative, evangelical show The 700 Club, Pat Robertson gave an endorsement to the marijuana legalization movement. Often in the hot seat for controversial quips regarding gays and other fringe groups, during a segment on prison outreach ministries run by drug law reformers, Robertson gave his reasons for supporting a change in the status quo.

“We’re locking up people that have taken a couple puffs of marijuana and next thing you know they’ve got 10 years with mandatory sentences,” Robertson said. “These judges just say, they throw up their hands and say nothing we can do with these mandatory sentences. We’ve got to take a look at what we’re considering crimes and that’s one of ’em.

“I’m not exactly for the use of drugs, don’t get me wrong, but I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot, that kinda thing it’s just, it’s costing us a fortune and it’s ruining young people. Young people go into prisons, they go in as youths and come out as hardened criminals. That’s not a good thing.”

While remaining a polarizing figure, according to some sources Robertson would be quickly welcomed to the reform community, and with him his legions of followers.

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