Rape encourages “Free Sex”?

Due to worldwide pressure, Pakistan is amending its law to exclude rape under Sharia law (which deals with many aspects of day-to-day life, including politics, economics, banking, business law, contract law, sexuality, and social issues).

If your not familiar with the Sharia court system, read about Mukhtar Mai, who was gang raped by orders of the Punjab village council as retribution for her brother’s adultery (or what we in the west call a date.)

Until now, rape cases were dealt with in Sharia courts. Victims had to have four male witnesses to the crime - if not, they faced prosecution for adultery.

However, Pakistan's opposition Islamic alliance, the MMA, is threatening country-wide protests over amendments to the country's rape laws.

The MMA parties boycotted the vote, saying the bill encouraged "free sex".

They also accuse President Musharraf of pleasing foreign powers.

“This bill has been brought under the directions of the United States and implemented by their representative in Pakistan, General Musharraf," Liaquat Baloch, an MMA leader, was quoted by AFP news agency as saying….

Adultery, which has always been illegal, will still be tried by both civil and Sharia courts, depending on which system the complainant chooses.

Religious parties called the new legislation "a harbinger of lewdness and indecency in the country", and against the strictures of the Koran and Sharia law.

Orthodox and Hasidic Jews have a saying I often hear here in Brooklyn, “Thank God I was born a man.” Well I’m modifying it to “Thank God I was born in the civilized world.” It’s abhorrent to equate a forcible violation of one’s body to adultery.

Why Not Wiccan?

The widows of two combat veterans sued the government Monday for not allowing Wiccan symbols on their husbands' military headstones.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs allows military families to choose any of 38 authorized headstone images. The list includes commonly recognized symbols for Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism, as well as those for smaller religions such as Sufism Reoriented, Eckiankar and the Japanese faith Seicho-No-Ie.

The Wiccan pentacle, a five-pointed star surrounded by a circle, is not on the list, an omission that the widows say is unconstitutional.

The lawsuit was filed by Roberta Stewart, whose husband, Nevada National Guard Sgt. Patrick Stewart, was killed in combat in Afghanistan last year, and Karen DePolito, whose husband, Jerome Birnbaum, is a Korean War veteran who died last year.

Wiccans worship the Earth and believe they must give to the community. Some consider themselves "white" or good witches, pagans or neo-pagans. Approximately 1,800 active-duty service members identify themselves as Wiccans, according to 2005 Defense Department statistics…

Obviously, this is a prejudice of our Judeo-Christian majority that is still completely ignorant about so-called pagan religions. People who worship the earth or several gods are not-necessarily agents of the dark lord. For God’s sake, Scientology is a recognized religion! Here we have a belief in which millions of followers actually think that life started on this planet when Zenu, an alien overlord, came to this planet to destroy the evil Thetins by tossing them in a volcano of burning lava only to have them resurface on earth and inhabit our souls. (DON’T SUE US TOM CRUISE; I GOT MY FACTS FROM SOUTH PARK.) Hey why not, most religious beliefs sound nutty if your not a follower.

CONGRATULATIONS!

11/9/06 UPDATE:
It's official, Democrats take control of the Senate 50 to 49. Now let's see if we can turn this sinking ship back around. Don't let us down Dems!

11/8/06 UPDATE:
The people have spoken! Mr. Rumsfeld is finally stepping down as Defense Secretary.

"The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon," Bush said at the White House Wednesday afternoon.

Rumsfeld has been heavily criticized for his policies in Iraq, and exit polls taken during Tuesday's midterm election, seen by some as a referendum on Bush and his administration, showed strong voter dissatisfaction -- 57 percent -- with the Iraq war.

"I recognize that many Americans voted last night to register their displeasure with the lack of progress being made" in Iraq, Bush said

Source: nytimes.com

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