Posted on 05/12/2016 9:37:24 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
COLUMBIA — A bill that would have made the Muslim world’s Sharia law an illegal defense in South Carolina courts was narrowly defeated in the state Senate on Wednesday, killing it for the year.
The measure, sponsored by Charleston Republican Rep. Chip Limehouse, would have prevented an attorney from arguing that the laws of a client’s home country allow for certain actions in South Carolina.
“I’m not surprised,” Limehouse said of the bill’s failure to advance. “The Senate can be the graveyard of many good ideas.”
Limehouse said the measure was needed to curb the advancement of terrorist organizations in the country.
“Ask the people in France,” he added. “Ask the people in Belgium what they think about laws that would limit the use of Sharia law (as a defense in court). To me a ban on Sharia law is kind of like a ban on poisonous gas. It just makes sense.”
Sharia law is the legal framework where the public and some private aspects of life are regulated under legal systems based on Islam. The bill passed the House 68-42 in January.
But the bill failed to get past the Senate Judiciary Committee, dying on a 9-10 vote Wednesday.
“There’s no need to talk about it, let’s just do it,” said Committee Chairman Larry Martin, R-Pickens, as the vote was taken. Martin voted in favor of the legislation.
Sen. Ronnie Sabb, D-Williamsburg, said he was glad to be one of the committee members who helped defeat the bill which opponents said unfairly targeted Muslims.
“I couldn’t, in good conscience, support what it represents,” Sabb said. “A law like this sends us backwards.”
Limehouse, who is not running for re-election, said he hopes someone will introduce the bill again next year.
“As far as Sharia law, my conscience is very clear,” he said.
If I wasn’t clear... This is what they do instead of passing real legislation about problems that actually happen.
“I guess we had more common sense in those days than we have now.”........
The earlier “we’s” were the ones with common sense, not so today. Those of today have been so brainwashed by our education system, they no longer even think for themselves as thy are obediently led around by the nose. Unfortunately, common sense isn’t so common anymore.
I have no doubt that Nikki Haley’s aides pressured Senators to vote against this bill.
Sharia law allows a man to murder
I’m 67 and greatly saddened at this. South Carolina was PC proof or so I had thought for all these years.
How many years left? Already falling apart due to poor lifestyle choices in food & drink. But I have already decided I won’t die in a nursing home (big deal, Mom is 95 & still lives at home) but will die on my feet, weapon in hand.
Got to get to the range. No wonder they want to take our guns away.
On the other hand, don’t ban it as a defense. It is an admission of guilt, “of course I did it, it is permitted under sharia.” Fine, allow the defense, then convict every single savage that tries to use it. Sharia does not apply here.
Don’t know if it should be an illegal defense, just a irrelevant and ignored as SOP defense....
And allowing it only sends us back several centuries to this primitive way of life.
“No wonder they want to take our guns away.”
No wonder. No wonder at all. This is SOP, “salami tactics” as the left used to call it.
Actually it protects us from going backwards.
There is no reason to allow other countries laws to even appear legitimste here.
We dont let anyone live under their former countries laws. It is immaterial what they are.
But no other peoples try to live under their countries laws when they come here eithe except muslims and they also want everyone else to live under their laws. Muslims do, so enacting this law makes total sense.
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