Afghan woman's choice: 12 years in jail or marry her rapist and risk death

[Harmonie]

It's hard for me to put into words how exactly I feel about this. It is just flat out disgusting.

One of the locals here in Arkansas pointed out to me that this is what happens when you let "those damn Muslims and their Sharia Law run things!"  I had to point him to Deuteronomy 22:28.

They don't realize what all they're defending when they advocate "(Christian) traditional marriage", now do they?

When those religious nuts bring up "traditional marriage" and how the "gays are ruining it" I should point out that little passage as well. e__e

Oh, and that's not the only passage you can point out.  

Whenever I see somebody mention the words 'traditional marriage' to oppose same-sex marriage I want to smack them across the face so bad.

But, of course, they don't actually look at any social history/research. They just keep chanting that, if gay people marry and the "institution of marriage" falls apart, it's "social experimentation" and HORRIBLE things will happen

I saw a conservative evangelical preacher on the BBC last weekend talking about gay marriage and reminding everyone about Sodom and Gomorrah. He seriously appeared to believe that Yahweh would rain fire and brimstone down on us and destroy the UK if we allow gay marriage!

Yes, because of all of the horrible, crazy shit humans have done to each other in the past several thousand years, THAT'S the one thing that will finally make God get involved in what we do.

LOL. Yes. Because, this God, after a couple of thousands of years of only doing stuff that you have to have faith to believe was actually done by him, is going to come down and do something that can be tangibly observed over a "sin" that isn't even in the Ten Commandments.

I mean where was this God's wrath when people started wearing clothes with multiple fabrics without a second thought?

[Guardian85]

I mean where was this God's wraith when people started wearing clothes with multiple fabrics without a second thought?

Gods Wraith? Where in the bible did god have a wraith? 

[Harmonie]

I mean where was this God's wraith when people started wearing clothes with multiple fabrics without a second thought?

Gods Wraith? Where in the bible did god have a wraith? 

Oh, come on. You know what I meant! >.<

(actually didn't know that 'wraith' was a separate word)

[Guardian85]

I mean where was this God's wraith when people started wearing clothes with multiple fabrics without a second thought?

Gods Wraith? Where in the bible did god have a wraith? 

Oh, come on. You know what I meant! >.<

(actually didn't know that 'wraith' was a separate word)

See, you learn something new every day! (And yes, I was applying ninja sarcasm.)

[Harmonie]

I mean where was this God's wraith when people started wearing clothes with multiple fabrics without a second thought?

Gods Wraith? Where in the bible did god have a wraith?  

Oh, come on. You know what I meant! >.<

(actually didn't know that 'wraith' was a separate word)

See, you learn something new every day! (And yes, I was applying ninja sarcasm.)

Yes. Now I do know that those terms are separate.

Anyway... I just wanted to comment on something incredibly crazy I just saw on my Facebook. I have this friend who is a strong Christian and also very conservative. He's commented on everything lately, including Obama's "War on Religion". Anyway, he just posted a link to this petition (of some sort, I don't know exactly) to end stuff like this case of this women getting raped in Morocco and being forced to get married to her rapist.

I can not believe it. This guy will be quick to point to the Bible to justify his hatred of homosexuality, but somehow he doesn't support this government's decision, despite this case being clearly approved by the Bible.

I wanted to comment so bad, but I figured I shouldn't.

[Asmodean]

(actually didn't know that 'wraith' was a separate word)

Todd finds your lack of faith disturbing.

...So does this guy,

but Todd has better weapons.

[Sweetdeath]

(actually didn't know that 'wraith' was a separate word)

Todd finds your lack of faith disturbing.

...So does this guy,

but Todd has better weapons.

Yes!
(especially second Wraith <3 )

[Asmodean]

A matter of taste, of course, but I find Todd to be the coolest wraith I know of.