What to do about a smoking ban?
Question Details: My university apartment complex just instituted a smoking ban. The smoking ban does not include burning incense or candles. They have no visual evidence of me smoking inside my room, only that roommates smell the smoke. Can I win in court with a defense that I am burning tobacco/marijuana flavored incense for religious reasons? If prior cases with similar wins, please share. I plan to be whatever religion uses incense like Buddhism.
You are not likely to win on this defense: you would have to prove both 1) that there is a religon that uses incense which smells like tobacco or marijuana--and I am not aware of any--and 2) burning it in your home is a requirement of your religion (i.e. you can't honor the religion without burning it at home), and also 3) that you are and have been a participant in that religion. You can't just assert or claim things--you have to have evidence.
