He and his staff have combed the parish archives for sacramental records of baptisms, communions and confirmations.
In 2006, the Supreme Court relied on the act to permit a New Mexico church to use the hallucinogen hoasca, or ayahuasca, for sacramental purposes.
Jews usually defended their exemption for sacramental wine, but so did Roman Catholics (although she aptly notes that Catholics consumed their wine in church, while Jews were allowed to drink at home, leaving a lot more latitude for bootleggers).
In New York, attendance soared at synagogues offering "Kosher Wine for Sacramental Purposes" — the predecessors, perhaps, of the California medical-marijuana clinics currently treating a suspiciously hale group of patients.
In a 1990 case, Employment Division v. Smith, he had rejected the claims of fired employees for unemployment compensation where the employees had illegally ingested peyote for sacramental purposes at a ceremony of the Native American Church.
Sad day for creative expression.
I'm always looking for individual expression.
Still, Azzarello had room for political expression.
Some become outlets for artistic expression.
(Deng, inevitably, received credit for the expression).
