Wyoming considering shariah ban in order to protect itself from it's 260 Muslims

[ck4829]

Apparently, Sharia law is such a creeping threat to Wyoming that a Republican state legislator wants to make the “Equality State” consider a constitutional amendment barring judges from considering Islamic and international law. In November, Oklahomans passed a similar amendment, which was later blocked by a federal judge over its suspect constitutional grounds.

“To date, no Wyoming court rulings have been based on Islamic law, or Shariah,” the Billings Gazette reports, “But state Rep. Gerald Gay, R-Casper, said his proposed constitutional amendment, House Joint Resolution 8, is meant as a ‘pre-emptive strike’ to ensure judges don’t rely on Shariah in cases involving, for example, arranged marriages, ‘honor killings’ or usury cases.” Gay needs approval of two-thirds of the legislature and the governor's signature to place the amendment on the 2012 ballot.

According to the 2000 Association of Religion Data Archives, Wyoming’s two Muslim congregations have 263 adherents.

In Washington, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney that he wants to hold hearings on the creeping threat of Sharia law, and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King (R-NY) is planning McCarthy-esque hearings on the country’s Muslim community.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/wyoming-may-follow-oklahoma-and-consider-sharia-law-ban

Hey, why not just a ban using religion in courts at all? Could just clarify and say that our law is based on the Constitution.

[damntexdem]

1. How about banning all religious law?

Support separation of church and state.

[KatyaR]

5. I'm all for that.

Sorry, but nothing good comes from religion, at least not these days....

[aquart]

2. Wait. Does this mean that any law passed

that is in agreement with sharia law is also banned?

[May Hamm]

3. *GASP* Ya mean Sharia Law has already crept in???

OMG! We must act now! Pass more laws quick. We must explain that it is christian law not some other law.

We must do something before all the basic similarities of the World's religions are exposed!

[seabeyond]

4. ok was really concerned about this passing because it will interfer with international

corp into their state, making companies weary. not because of shariah law, but the wording may effect them.

[jmowreader]

6. The "international law" part is more important than the Sharia Law part

The teahadists are really fucking pissed that Ruth Bader Ginsburg quoted the International Convention on the Rights of the Child when writing a Supreme Court ruling that people could only receive life sentences for crimes committed before the age of 18 if the crime was murder, and they couldn't be sentenced to death for any reason.