This should go without saying…no reason we should need this law. But, sadly, Democrats want so badly for the US to be more like the rest of the world (rather than lifting the rest of the world up to be more like the US), that they would gladly prefer to allow world opinion (or even Shariah law, in some cases) be imposed on our citizens.
Texas lawmakers are considering whether to ban state courts from considering foreign religious or cultural laws, such as the Islamic law of Shariah.
The goal “is to require a Texas court to uphold and apply only the laws ordained by the constitutions of (Texas and the United States), prohibiting any other interpretation,” said Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, a former Arlington mayor pro tem. “This is now happening all over Europe … and in Dearborn, Mich. … and it could spread throughout the United States.
“We all know what Shariah law does to women – women must wear burqas, women are subject to humiliation and into controlled marriages under Shariah law,” he said. “We want to prevent it from ever happening in Texas.”
A bill by Berman to prevent foreign laws from being recognized in Texas courts, as well as a twin proposal by Rep. Randy Weber, R-Pearland, went before the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence last week. Both bills were left pending.
Texas is among several states – including Alaska, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Tennessee – considering bans on the recognition of foreign laws, according to the Institute for U.S. Law.
Via So It Goes in Texas:
All Texans who believe in the sanctity and sovereignty of the U.S. Constitution as the law of our land, should contact their state representative and encourage them to support this legislation.
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I thought we are a soverin nation. If we allow foreign law to be considered in our courts, then we would no longer be a ” nation of laws “. Our laws, our country. If they don’t like our laws, then they should go back to where they like the laws of that land.