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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Sadly, we have to send drones over there to take out Muslim extremist thugs. It's not our fault they like to take over villages and use human shields. It's that part of jihad? Seems like it's their MO.

And again, that shit doesn't affect Sally and her family in Oklahoma.

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Yet, Sally and a majority of her fellow Oklahoma residents passed a state constitutional amendment that forbade its courts from considering Islamic law in judicial decisions. That amendment was ruled unconstitutional. So, "that shit" is affecting Sally -- at least on the [b]paranoid psychotic [/b]level. Do you feel that?
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It's "paranoid psychotic" to not want religious rules to affect the courts in this secular country of ours? Curious why it was ruled unconstitutional, because I'm not feeling that at all.

Betting you think that people who want to outlaw abortion on religious grounds (and I'm most definitely not one of them) is psychotic too. But wait, those are Christians, so it's totally different, right? [/quote]

Obviously, religious rules do affect the courts in this secular country. However, it is paranoid psychotic to believe that judges in Oklahoma would be influenced by Sharia (obviously, Oklahomans watch too much Fox News). The amendment was unconstitutional because it singled out one religion. If the amendment had outlawed all religious influences, it would have passed muster. But, of course, an amendment that outlawed Christian influences would never pass in Oklahoma or probably any other state.

As for abortion, I recognize that individuals can disagree about when life begins. I don't believe life begins at conception and my opinions about abortion flow from that. However, I can clearly understand why those who do believe that life begins at conception consider abortion to be murder. I disagree with such individuals and I abhor the tactics that they sometimes use to make their case. However, I respect that murder is not the sort of thing that you simply compromise over and I understand why those who hold this view are as passionate about it as they are. All that said, I don't know why you bring up a clear example of religion being used to influence court decisions while suggesting that religion shouldn't be used to influence court decisions.
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