“Legislating Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact on the United States” focuses in part on state laws that targeted Muslims and the Islam faith, including State Question 755 and House Bill 1060 out of Oklahoma. The report was prepared by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Voters overwhelmingly approved the state question in 2010, which prohibited […]
State Question 755
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Fanning fears?
Credit: Mark Hancock His remarks came after Fallin signed House Bill 1060, which prohibits foreign laws from being enforced in Oklahoma courtrooms. Authored by Rep. Sally Kern, R-Oklahoma City, the legislation evolved after a federal appeals court ruled that a similar measure, State Question 755, was unconstitutional because it singled out Sharia law. Considered the […]
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‘Laugh and cry’
The young-Earth creation argument is laughable. I could go on about the evidence suggesting the Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, but evidence doesn’t matter against the weight of a story written down by a tribal Middle Eastern society about 7,000 years ago (5,000 BCE). The young-Earth idea is only a symptom of a […]