Pot activists cancel basilica eclipse service

Published August 21, 2017 3:15pm ET



A religious group has canceled plans to burn incense-doused cannabis oil during Monday’s solar eclipse, after being told they would be stopped by security.

Leaders of Rhode Island’s Healing Church said they are backing out of the plan at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, about three miles from the U.S. Capitol, after being assailed by counterprotesters during a free speech rally in Boston.

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