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To: harpygoddess

How many people know that the Magna Carta contains a clause saying debts to Jews need not be repaid? Look it up.


26 posted on 06/15/2016 3:28:24 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: jmaroneps37; harpygoddess
How many people know that the Magna Carta contains a clause saying debts to Jews need not be repaid?

Yes indeed it did, but with a qualification. This was if a debtor to the Jews died, his widow and heirs would not be liable. I can only surmise it was to prevent penury to a helpless woman and children.

34 posted on 06/15/2016 7:32:36 PM PDT by Peter Libra
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