Posted by JM Ashby
We should all give thanks to Gerald Allen of the Alabama state senate for protecting his citizens from the encroachment of Sharia Law. Even though there have been no documented cases of Sharia Law being used in a United States court, the threat is coming!
There are no cases on record of attempts to have Sharia recognized by courts in the state of Alabama, but that did not prevent a Republican state senator from introducing a bill this Thursday to ban its use.
"“It’s not about what’s happening right now,” Senator Gerald Allen explained to the Anniston Star. "I’m thinking about 10 years down the road, 20, 30, 40." [...]
When asked during an interview to define Sharia, however, Allen was unable to do so. He said that the wording in his bill had been drafted by his legislative staff, but a source on the staff acknowledged that their definition of Sharia had been lifted from Wikipedia.
I don't mean to diminish the infinitely useful entity known as Wikipedia, but are you kidding me? We're now opening virtual encyclopedias to draft legislation? If you cannot even define what it is you are against, why are you trying to legislate it?