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  • Whoopi Goldberg Tells Second Amendment Supporters to "Back Off" on 'The View'

    06/13/2016 9:48:16 AM PDT · by i88schwartz · 67 replies
    RealClearPolitics ^ | jun | RealClearPolitics
    ldberg said the Second Amendment says you can protect yourself, not have 55 guns. "All you people on Twitter who like to come after folks, back up because you can't explain this," an indignant Goldberg said. "You can't explain this away. You couldn't explain it at Sandy Hook. You can't explain it here." Video at link...
  • Arabic Immersion a 'Golden Ticket' for HISD students-Call to Action Alert

    04/05/2015 4:33:57 PM PDT · by magna carta · 12 replies
    Ban Sharia Law ^ | April 4,2015 | Betsy Denson
    Those traveling down Durham Drive may have noticed a new sign recently at 812 W. 28th St., the site of the former Holden Elementary and interim facility for HISD’s Energy Institute High School. The bright green sign for HISD’s new Arabic Immersion Magnet School (AIMS) is up, repairs and enhancements are underway on the campus and Principal Kate Adams is preparing to welcome the first batch of students this fall.
  • Oklahoma ban on Sharia law ruled unconstitutional

    01/10/2012 12:45:10 PM PST · by Qbert · 48 replies
    OKLAHOMA CITY — An amendment that would ban Oklahoma courts from considering international or Islamic law discriminates against religions and a Muslim community leader has the right to challenge its constitutionality, a federal appeals court said Tuesday. The court in Denver upheld U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange’s order blocking implementation of the amendment shortly after it was approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters in November 2010. Muneer Awad, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, sued to block the law from taking effect, arguing that the Save Our State Amendment violated his First Amendment rights....
  • 10th Circuit: Amendment Banning Sharia Law is Not OK

    01/10/2012 1:07:30 PM PST · by AtlasStalled · 157 replies · 13+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 01/10/12 | Ashby Jones
    Sometimes voters get behind an idea, and we think to ourselves, why? Why are they even bothering when that idea, were it to become law, would be struck down as unconstitutional faster than we can utter “temporary restraining order?” We smugly revisited that thought on Tuesday upon hearing that the Denver-based 10th Circuit had upheld a lower-court ruling keeping an amendment to the Oklahoma constitution from becoming law. The amendment, overwhelmingly approved by Oklahoma voters last year, prevents judges from basing rulings on international law — and specifically mentions Islamic law, often known as Shariah law.