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) On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering how Sharia law would even come into play...has anyone in > Oklahoma ever tried to invoke it? I have been to Oklahoma and am kinda > boggling at the concept. > > On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:38 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I wonder how he feels his first amendment rights will be violated. What > > is the state's compelling interest? > > > > On 1/11/2012 2:29 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > > > > > http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71334.html > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:345252 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
