ADDENDUM -- Fw: From ACT! for America--Houston: [New post] Suicidal Democracy
T he biggest point of this article is this: - Concern exists that passage of SB 1360 would have ushered in restrictions on other religious courts, such as Halakhah. But a crucial difference that is overlooked is that "some Muslim sharia [forces] have pressed for their decisions to carry legal force in the national law. In contrast, no similar pressure has been exerted by the rabbinical courts. A fundamental principal in democracies is that equality before the law must refer to all citizens, [and] take care to maintain the wall of separation between church and state. By contrast, shariah law has been used to justify breaches or defiance of national, secular law." As delineated by Michael Curtis, "[t]he rabbinical courts do not seek to be in disharmony with national law. By contrast shariah law has been used, on the basis of religious principle to justify breaches or defiance of national, secular law, the question of polygamy being a notorious example. - David Yerush...