Missouri Legislator Still Can't Explain Why He Wants to Ban Sharia

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By Tim Murphy| Wed Apr. 20, 2011 7:45 AM PDT
About a month ago, we told you about a bill before Missouri's legislature to ban Islamic Sharia law from being enforced in state courts. The proposal, introduced by Republican state Rep. Paul Curtman, drew its language from the sample legislation drafted by David Yerushalmi, an Arizona-based attorney who has previously called for Muslims to be deported. Since the beginning of 2009, two dozen states have considered proposals to ban Sharia, many of which have borrowed Yerushalmi's language.

Yesterday, the Missouri bill passed out of committee in the House, after a heated debate. Per KMOX:

"This bill will go to court and you are wasting your ink on this paper. Because this will not be upheld in court," Nasheed said Tuesday. "You're wasting your time gentleman. You're wasting your time in this body."

Nasheed called on Curtman to provide a list of cases in which international law had been used in American courts but Curtman was unable to provide an example of such a case.

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http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/04/missouri-legislator-still-cant-explain-why-he-wants-ban-sharia

Curtman? or Cartman?

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1. Why let facts interfere with perfectly good bigotry?

I wonder if the Missouri Democrats can make an issue out of this colossal waste of time and money?

[Angry Dragon]

2. That was Nasheed's mistake ........ he asked for facts

the Regressive Party is in short supply of them

[alp227]

3. it'd be funnier if his first name were Eric

in fact this 2007 South Park episode "The Snuke" had Cartman react xenophobically to a Muslim student who came to his school.

And if he can't explain why he wants this law, clearly this law would not stand in court and is just there to pander to dumb bigots for a few extra votes.