The church's interior includes a painted version of Michelangelo's famed Sistine Chapel fresco depicting God's hand reaching out to man — although God offers mankind a big joint in First Church of Cannabis' version. During the service, about 40 neighbors and members of a nearby Christian church stood across the street holding protest signs, including one that read: "Religious freedom does not mean freedom to commit crimes." Indiana's law sparked protests and boycott threats this spring amid concerns it could provide a legal defense to discriminate against gays, lesbians and others. The law was modeled after the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that Congress passed in 1993 in response to a 1990 U.S.
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