yeah except it was in another state and probably another appeal circuit, but yeah, it does make a bit more sense now, in a Fox News kind of way... the sponsor of this law bragged about in campaign speeches, right? <g>
Not, of course, that I don't agree that the New Jersey judge was completely out of line, and probably should be recalled to boot... Dana On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com>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) > > > > > 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:345253 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
