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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1348747" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>I've read the stuff behind Roper vs. Simmons, but hadn't seen Graham vs. Florida - clearly though, in both cases, nothing from Intrenational law trumped what was already established in current US law (even if just by precedence - or lack there of) and in neither case were religious-laws used (mostly it was just "we're in new territory here even for the US - what is everyone else doing when it comes to deciding how young to punish kids because they're pretty !@#$ed up everywhere in the world"). </p><p></p><p>I see the concern and it honestly does make me a little uncomfortable that a large portion of the population seems to be pushing a pro-Muslim agenda (I'm not against religious freedom, but I don't want it in my face or pushed over other religions), so I see where some of the concern is, but its not as bad as most folks make it out to be.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to lie, I voted for 755 - even if for no other reason but to combat the citing of EU/UN stuff in the State.</p><p></p><p>Fact is, we aren't that old of a country (like you said), so a lot of our laws are based on foreign concepts/laws/precedence.</p><p></p><p>I just think the fear-mongering around Sharia law is a little dumb - I hear a lot of silly things said by folks I know about "we're voting against Sharia law because they let you beat your wife" and nonsense like that - I wish people were more informed on why they were voting, but that requires them to think for themselves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1348747, member: 229"] I've read the stuff behind Roper vs. Simmons, but hadn't seen Graham vs. Florida - clearly though, in both cases, nothing from Intrenational law trumped what was already established in current US law (even if just by precedence - or lack there of) and in neither case were religious-laws used (mostly it was just "we're in new territory here even for the US - what is everyone else doing when it comes to deciding how young to punish kids because they're pretty !@#$ed up everywhere in the world"). I see the concern and it honestly does make me a little uncomfortable that a large portion of the population seems to be pushing a pro-Muslim agenda (I'm not against religious freedom, but I don't want it in my face or pushed over other religions), so I see where some of the concern is, but its not as bad as most folks make it out to be. I'm not going to lie, I voted for 755 - even if for no other reason but to combat the citing of EU/UN stuff in the State. Fact is, we aren't that old of a country (like you said), so a lot of our laws are based on foreign concepts/laws/precedence. I just think the fear-mongering around Sharia law is a little dumb - I hear a lot of silly things said by folks I know about "we're voting against Sharia law because they let you beat your wife" and nonsense like that - I wish people were more informed on why they were voting, but that requires them to think for themselves. [/QUOTE]
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