Pleasure marriages' regain popularity in Iraq

[Contrary1]

One of the other threads led me to this interesting little tidbit.
Be sure to share with any ultra-conservative or fundies you might
know.

Shrub's War has made prostitution legal in Iraq once again.
And to think, it's only cost us $300 billion...so far.

"BAGHDAD — In the days when it could land him in jail, Rahim Al-Zaidi would whisper details of his muta'a only to his closest confidants and the occasional cousin. Never his wife.

Al-Zaidi hopes to soon finalize his third muta'a, or “pleasure marriage,” with a green-eyed neighbor. This time, he talks about it openly and with obvious relish. Even so, he says, he probably still won't tell his wife.

The 1,400-year-old practice of muta'a — “ecstasy” in Arabic — is as old as Islam itself. It was permitted by the prophet Mohammed as a way to ensure a respectable means of income for widowed women.

Pleasure marriages were outlawed under Saddam Hussein but have begun to flourish again. The contracts, lasting anywhere from one hour to 10 years, generally stipulate that the man will pay the woman in exchange for sexual intimacy. Now some Iraqi clerics and women's rights activists are complaining that the contracts have become less a mechanism for taking care of widows than an outlet for male sexual desires..."

More... http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20050505/a_tempmarriage05.art.htm

[FreedomAngel82]

1. Interesting

Ah. So I wonder how many fundies will think this whole thing is still good?

[Inland]

2. "It's religiously sanctioned" vs. "Don't tell my wife".

The second statement tells you not to trust the first, right?