Two news stories have really left me stumped today. This is my first puzzlement:
From CNN.com - http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/10/saudi.court.wife.slapping/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives
My Leftist friends have gone to the moon and back defending Arab culture. They say that it is unique, valuable, and should be respected. How is it that these Leftists, all of whom call themselves feminists, can support a culture that is so blatantly anti-woman? I see women (http://zombietime.com/sf_anti-war_rally_oct_27_2007/the_al-aqsa_kaffiyeh_brigade/) clad in kaffiyehs at protest rallies and I scratch my head in amazement. If these women marched down the streets of any Arab country dressed and acting the way that they are, they would be stoned, or worse. This is on the heels of dozens of stories of young girls suffering from genital mutilation and forced marriage before they begin menstruating. How is it they feel the desire to rally for a cause which is only bent on the destruction of all of the values they hold dear? How do they, as supposed champions for women and young girls, not lash out against a culture that conducts itself in this manner? How do they have the audacity to accuse the United States of being an immoral nation while these atrocities are occurring elsewhere in the world?
Second puzzlement:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519777,00.html
Cybill Shepherd Blames the Mormons & Catholics for the Passing of Proposition 8
The polls have shown it, quite clearly, that the same people that voted for President Obama, overwhelmingly black and Latino in California, were the people that voted for Proposition 8. The Left would never blame blacks for anything, they are loathe to seem racist, they are not afraid of blaming those with religious convictions. This tactic will ultimately hurt their cause if they want Prop 8 turned around. Even Marion Barry said it (when the DC city counsel voted on the gay marriage issue), black people just don't like gay marriage. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/05/barry_warns_of_civil_war_over.html
In order for the gay marriage train to pull out of its California station, the Left in that state are going to have to ask themselves hard questions about how it can garner support from those who defeated them last time. But first, it's going to have to admit who passed Prop 8 to begin with.
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I don't understand the left's fantasy with Islamism either.
I think it has something to do with the idea of anarchy.
Some Islamists portray themselves as leftists, Ghadafi and the PLO come to mind.
Islamic countries are the worst violaters of human rights on the planet, particularly in their condemnation of women as less than human.
Until this issue, i.e., official degradation of women in the Islamic world is forcefully addressed, the U.N. has very little credibility.
I saw a portion of a documentary on women living under Sharia on PBS recently and it was heartbreaking.
Some of the girls at a school, all covered head to foot, wished openly that they had been born boys, so they could have freedom.
As far as anti-gay legislation, it does seem to be promoted by Christian churches which teach that their savior taught that homosexuality is an abomination.
The Christian church is inordinately influential amongst minorities in California.
Leaving out religious condemnation, there really is no other valid argument that gays should be discriminated against.
Excellent post Bethany - thanks for sharing it! Here's one that I wrote back during the Michael Vick situation that was similar in nature -- http://jenxmusings.blogspot.com/2007/09/woof.html
Caveat - haven't blogged in ages, so don't go looking for anything new! :-)
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