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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOrthodox Jew City Clerk Refuses Tax Payments from Uncircumcised Males
The "logic" of Kim Davis' religious freedom...
Spurious Warning.
Orthodox Jew City Clerk Refuses Tax Payments from Uncircumcised Males
And...
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Repeat after me:
Secular state.
Rule of law.
Repeat.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)But how does it beat the KY clerk's stupid? It's the exact same logic.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)We often see stories from America's Finest news source: www.theonion.com
EEO
(1,620 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)I think it's a joke, much like one the other day. If it's for real, I'm going in the bunker and lock the doors!
Mass
(27,315 posts)as contrary to Sharia Law. What would her supporters have said?
EEO
(1,620 posts)Pretty sure they don't care much for the Muslims.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)freedom and all of that! ... always been a problem with religion, people wanting to force their beliefs on others.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)What if a Catholic marriage clerk refused to issue the marriage license because of firmly held religious belief in Maria Law, as written by the Pope, is a better analogy.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)They refuse to issue driver's licenses to women, based upon religious dogma.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)It's not, for instance, Jordan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Lebanon, the UAE, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, or Malaysia, all of which are Muslim nations that have no problem with women being behind the wheel.
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Bye-bye!
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Mass
(27,315 posts)as for drivers' licenses, all Islamic nations do not have such restrictions.