[Luis Gonzalez]

"The Islamic Penal Law Against Homosexuals, approved in July 1991 and ratified in November of that year, is simple. Article 110: “Punishment for sodomy is killing; the Sharia judge decides on how to carry out the killing.” Article 129: “Punishment for lesbianism is one hundred (100) lashes for each party.” Article 131: “If the act of lesbianism is repeated three times and punishment is enforced each time, the death sentence will be issued the fourth time."

My question to you guys is real simple...

What's in the best interest of our nation, to move away from this, or to move toward it?

[Luis Gonzalez]

Please review my previous post.

[EternalVigilance]

NAMBLA wants to make it legal for adults to have sex with children.

My question to you guys is real simple...

What's in the best interest of our nation, to move away from this, or to move toward it?

[Sunsong]

"The Islamic Penal Law Against Homosexuals, approved in July 1991 and ratified in November of that year, is simple. Article 110: “Punishment for sodomy is killing; the Sharia judge decides on how to carry out the killing.” Article 129: “Punishment for lesbianism is one hundred (100) lashes for each party.” Article 131: “If the act of lesbianism is repeated three times and punishment is enforced each time, the death sentence will be issued the fourth time."

Wow! Thanks for finding that. For those who want to retreat to the past - this must be the kind of thinking they are endorsing!

[NutCrackerBoy]

[...excerpt of harsh punishments for sodomy from Sharia Law...]

My question to you guys is real simple... What's in the best interest of our nation, to move away from this, or to move toward it?

Why should anyone accept your premise that every public policy is either moving toward Sharia or away from it? The violent punishments are unjust, and anathema to Western way of thinking. We are very far away from anything like that. No topic on this thread about American laws and culture, can be compared to that. To assert such is an attempt to demonize those who disagree with you.

For example, it is not "like Shari" to resist PC laws. Laws that would force, at the point of a gun, public acceptance of non-traditional coupling as equal to marriage. (E.G. enforcement that the owner of an inn must accomodate openly gay couples.)

The thing is, such relationships are not "equal" to traditional marriage from the point of view of the culture. From the point-of-view within such a relationship it may be the same, but it is unsustainable for a culture to try to "level" everything.