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Originally posted by CherubBaby
reply to post by jrmcleod
Do you really think America cares what The Uk may think of our Constitution? Learn to loose!!edit on 20-10-2011 by CherubBaby because: Added text
Originally posted by smallpeeps
I heard Scotland wants to ditch London, and that Ireland wants to ditch the Vatican? I would love to see Scotland and Ireland band with the good old US.
Originally posted by stumason
reply to post by Pervius
What the hell are you talking about? All 16 of our overseas territories remain so at their own behest, therefore are not subject to "decolonisation". What exact overseas territory do you refer to? And, as I am sure you're aware, the US possesses quite a few too....
Originally posted by smallpeeps
I heard Scotland wants to ditch London, and that Ireland wants to ditch the Vatican? I would love to see Scotland and Ireland band with the good old US.
Scotland doesn't want to ditch the UK, the SNP. They promised a referendum during the last Parliament in Scotland but failed to deliver and they have promised it again by 2016, but no date fixed. The reason? They know they won't win and the SNP's flagship policy would sink, taking them with it.
Recent opinion polls put the figure at well over 70% who wish to remain part of the UK, with only the Highlands being staunch "independance" types.
news.yahoo.com...
Court: Oklahoma can't enforce Sharia law ban
By Robert Boczkiewicz | Reuters – 21 hrs ago
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The decision upholds the ruling of a lower federal court.
"While the public has an interest in the will of the voters being carried out ... the public has a more profound and long-term interest in upholding an individual's constitutional rights," the appeals court said in a 37-page written decision.
The Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed the ruling, calling it "a victory for the Constitution and for the right of all Americans to freely practice their faith."
Oklahoma's "Save Our State Amendment," which was approved by 70 percent of state voters in 2010, bars Oklahoma state courts from considering or using Sharia law.
The lawsuit challenging the measure was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Awad, who is director of the Oklahoma chapter of CAIR.
A federal judge in Oklahoma City issued a court order in November 2010 barring the measure from taking effect while the case is under review, finding a substantial likelihood that Awad would prevail on the merits.
The Council said the Oklahoma amendment is among 20 similar proposed laws introduced in state legislatures nationwide.
Defenders of the amendment say they want to prevent foreign laws in general, and Islamic Sharia law in particular, from overriding state or U.S. laws.
But foes of the Oklahoma measure, also called State Question 755, have argued that it stigmatizes Islam and its adherents and violates the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment prohibition against the government favoring one religion over another.
State Senator Anthony Sykes, one of the measure's sponsors, called the decision an attempt "to silence the voice of 70 percent of Oklahoma voters. At some point we have to decide whether this is a country of, by and for the judges, or of, by and for the people."
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