Are you willing to have the same for the Amish, Orthodox Hebrew, Mennonites and other religious groups that have similar exemptions?
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:26 PM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > Someone needs to smack that judge individually and not make a blanket > rule, especially not an amendment to a constitution. > > Sorry Muslim dudes, but your religious laws do not trump U.S. criminal > law. I don't think I would get a pass for killing someone with the > justification being that the Old Testament told me to (and in fact, > people haven't). > > If one lives in the U.S. they need to fulfill their responsibilities as > a citizen, which includes abiding by the law of the land. Rape should > be no more tolerated than honor killings. > > This is one of the biggest problems with Islamic fundamentalism and > western society. Islam and Islamic law are joined at the hip and > Islamic law is incompatible with the laws of most modern societies. It > is an outdated system that has outlived its purpose and needs to be > revised, or abandoned. Preferably the latter. > > ----- > "Because I can lie beautiful true things into existence ..." > Neil Gaiman on Why I write. > > On 1/11/2012 11:05 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson wrote: >> >> If you had followed the passing of this law, the bill was drafted in >> response to a judge's ruling in New Jersey, evoking Sharia law, finding a >> husband not worthy of a restraining order based on spousal abuse (physical >> and sexual) because "it was part of the husband's religion". >> >> Earlier this year an appeals court in New Jersey overturned a state court >> judge's refusal to issue a restraining order against a Muslim man who >> forced his wife to engage in sexual intercourse. The judge found that the >> man did not intend to rape his wife because he believed his religion >> permitted him to have sex with her whenever he desired. >> >> The case "presents a conflict between the criminal law and religious >> precepts," the appeals court wrote. "In resolving this conflict, the judge >> determined to except (the husband) from the operation of the State's >> statutes as the result of his religious beliefs. In doing so, the judge was >> mistaken." >> >> http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-12-09-shariaban09_ST_N.htm >> >> >> As noted, the judge was overturned by an appeals court, and the OK bill was >> a pretty egregious example of overreaction based on mindless fear. >> >> But I do understand the desire to keep religion out of our courts >> (regardless of WHICH religion) >> >> And a judge DID use Sharia as the basis for his ruling (which is pretty >> scary, overall, especially for his wife, I am sure) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:345282 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
