Euro News: 'Libya Ponders Sharia Law'

Source:Euro News- does the Libyan Transitional Council really want Sharia Law?

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From Wikipedia 

"The new Libya is considering how it will live by Islamic Sharia law, which includes some traditional practices which some countries consider inhumane.

 Many Westerners were among those horrified when this vision was voiced just days ago amid celebrations over the death of Colonel Gaddafi.

It was by no means the first time such a prospect was raised, when the chairman of the Libyan National Transitional Council, said: "We as a Muslim nation take Sharia as the basic source of law." 

From Euro News

With todays announcement by the Libyan Transitional National Council, that they are adopting Sharia Law and going to use Sharia Law to influence how they write Libya's National Constitution, looks bad from my perspective. And looks like they may be on the road to Islamic Theocracy where racial and ethnic minorities, as well as women are essentially treated like garbage (to be kind) with strict conditions on what they can do and how they live. And when it comes to women, on things like how they can dress. And can they even go to school and get educated or not and this is not the direction that Libya should be headed in. 

Thats what happened in Afghanistan pre-Afghan War that started in 2001, where people were literally murdered for things like adultery, under the Taliban Regime. And this not the direction Libya should be going in. They have so much more potential and can be so much better than that. And this is what exactly Iraq was able to avoid another country with a lot of potential when they formed their new government and Constitution.

What Libya should be looking at is a government thats evidence based that looks to do what's best for the entire country and to move it forward. Not things that could divide the country and potentially start new civil wars down the road. Which is what happened in Afghanistan and may happen in Iran as well.

FOX News: U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann- 'Separation of Church and State is a Myth: Fox News Debate'

Source:ZAPDOS- U.S. Representative Michele Bachmann (Republican, Minnesota) perhaps talking about a Constitution that she personally wrote, but not the U.S. Constitution.

"Michele Bachmann describes her explanation of the first amendment and freedom of religion using the founding fathers." 

From ZAPDOS

When Representative Ron Paul, or Gary Johnson or Senator Mike Lee, say and of course former President Ronald Reagan and former Senator Barry Goldwater (these are all Republicans, by the way) say they are anti-big government, I believe them and so should you. Because they know what individual liberty is all about: the liberty for free people to live their own individual lives, as long as they are not hurting anyone else with their liberty. 

Every time I hear Representative Michele Bachmann or Senator Jim DiMint complain about the overreach of big government, or here them speak in favor of states rights, I gotta laugh. Because either they are lying, or they don't know what they are talking about, or don't completely understand what they are talking about. Which is pretty sad considering they are both members of Congress and pretty influential members of Congress, at least in the Republican Party. 

The New-Right in America (or Far-Right) loves Big Government, they're just not aware of it. Sure, corporate taxes and regulations, taxes on the wealthy would be down (if not eliminated) under their watch. It's just that Uncle Sam and his army of nephews and nieces would move in to people's home to try to force every single American to live what they could call a Christian, moral life.  

When it comes to individual liberty, as long as you're doing what the Christian-Right and approve of, you're OK. But when you don't, even if you're not hurting anyone with what you're doing, you got a major problem and could be found libel for a criminal offense. 

That's not Barry Goldwater's, Ron Reagan's, Ron Paul's, Gary Johnson's, Mike Lee's and others definition of individual liberty. When someone tells you they are against big government, why don't you see if they understand what they are talking about. Because you may be surprised in what you find out.

It would a dereliction of duty if I didn't comment on what Representative Bachmann said calling Separation of Church and State a myth. Again, we're talking about a lawyer here who doesn't understand the First Amendment. Perhaps it didn't exist when she was in law school and she's come back in another life. Or they didn't teach her about the First Amendment in law school. 

The U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The two parts known as the establishment clause and free exercise clause. But at least she's qualified to run for President, even if she's not qualified for the job itself.