tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post5956619077160978822..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: Sharia Compatible With US Constitution? Read ThisGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-45281738573376488752012-02-27T19:39:49.285-08:002012-02-27T19:39:49.285-08:00Gary, you continue to have this entire question up...Gary, you continue to have this entire question upside down.<br /><br />ANY religious law can be practiced consistent with the U.S. Constitution, provided no attempt is made on the part of a religious hierarchy to exercise state power, or to subordinate the apparatus of government to itself.<br /><br />Likewise, ANY religious law is in direct conflict with the First Amendment (among other provisions) when an attempt is made to elevate that law to coercive, enforceable, supremacy.<br /><br />The wording of the Bible, and the canons of various Christian denominations, have not changed appreciably since the days when Christian ministers executed supposed witches, and government officials hanged men and women who questioned whether God is in fact a Trinity.<br /><br />Nor has Jewish Scripture been amended since every man, woman and child in Jericho were slaughtered, and an entire Jewish family were stoned to death because the head of the family took a wedge of gold and some pieces of cloth.<br /><br />However, the practice of these faiths has changed appreciably, and their relationship to the civil power has been markedly amended.<br /><br />Shariah is nothing special. Yes, you can practice it within your mosque, family, to an extent even your business and social circles, so long as no general laws are broken or individuals coerced. No, you cannot enforce it on an unwilling person, or on the general community. Simple.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-59999333931035141082012-02-27T19:39:21.041-08:002012-02-27T19:39:21.041-08:00It looks like a resolution to the apparent conflic...It looks like a resolution to the apparent conflict between Sharia Law and Constitutional Law. All they have to do is to change the crime from apostasy to rape and "other crimes" and they will be in complete accord. <br /><br />We changed "Global Warming" to " Climate Control" and "Abortion" to "Freedom of Choice" or "Women's Health" and now "Contraception Rights." So what's the problem? We'll just change the name if what it is doesn't poll well.<br /><br />Did we get this strategy from Iran or did they get it from us?<br />.Miggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07425945965737066836noreply@blogger.com