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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHannity And D'Souza: Why Are Gays Mad At Indiana But Silent On Sharia Law?
Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday brought on conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza to dismiss the controversy over Indiana's religious freedom law that may permit discrimination against gay people.
Hannity argued that the backlash to the bill was simply "selective political moral outrage" on the left.
"Gays and lesbians, they might disagree with me on gay marriage, or they might disagree with somebody a religious person as it relates to their Christian views, but why are they so silent on the bigger issues of the day, which would be taking on radical Islamists?" Hannity asked, noting that gay people and women are mistreated under Sharia Law. "Virtual silence from these groups that are so outraged and indignant over a law that Bill Clinton supported in 93 and Barack Obama supported." D'Souza then explained that opposition to the Indiana law "is a selective attack on Christianity."
"Not only do you not see the left talking about gays and lesbians abroad, but even at home, youll rarely find homosexuals trying to force a Muslim baker to bake a cake for a gay wedding," D'Souza said.
Hannity then asked why there hasn't been "outrage as a group speaking out against Sharia law and women not being able to vote or drive in Saudi Arabia or not being able to leave their own homes without a male relative."
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hannity-dsouza-indiana-sharia
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)spanone
(135,907 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)Shouldn't we expect Human Rights here FIRST??
What a couple of over-indulgent assholes
Oh and shouldn't DeLoser be in jail by now??
ann---
(1,933 posts)"victim" of Sharia Law? No one, because Sharia law
does not exist in our legal system. However, "christian law"
now exists in Indiana.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)in the USA? You answered it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,320 posts)But Snopes calls out their bullshit.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/shariatexas.asp
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)gordianot
(15,248 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)Where is this happening?
yuiyoshida
(41,867 posts)I guess it can now be practiced in Indiana..
yardwork
(61,729 posts)He serves gay people, Christians, Jews, African Americans.... basically he seems to serve anybody who walks in the door of his Mediterranean deli and bakery. That could be why he has a thriving business.
randr
(12,417 posts)that really are the same. They do not want their minions finding out that any law that serves "religious" principles is, for lack of a better word, a Sharia law.
sinkingfeeling
(51,482 posts)LeftinOH
(5,359 posts)Nothing. That is, until Hannity & D'Souza inject it into the dialogue. See how that works?
tanyev
(42,642 posts)Why are you and Dinesh too stupid to figure it out, Sean?
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)fishwax
(29,149 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)It's on the list just below "Jabberwock attacks" and above "tainted triceratops eggs in grocery stores".
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)You just can't find good fresh triceratops eggs anymore.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)RWNJ propaganda?
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Indiana's law is religious law.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)Trillo
(9,154 posts)I've never once had a muslim knock on my door to evangelize, or to stop my by place of business, to tell me how evil and wrong I was and how I deserved to go to hell.
However, I've had christians do all of those things.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Hang the DJs.
yellowcanine
(35,703 posts)Never mind.
yellowcanine
(35,703 posts)Yeah it is an outrage given how many Muslim wedding cake bakers there are! Where does one begin with this level of ignorance?
closeupready
(29,503 posts)were treated by that administration - as if they were long-lost cousins.
So as a gay man, give me a fucking break, you hypocrites. Gotta love how these two clowns project their own hypocrisy.
TheSarcastinator
(854 posts)A: Shit.
Yes, i know it is not funny....but it IS true.
Johonny
(20,917 posts)There's nothing sadder than watching a smart person turned to an idiot by constant injection of stupid.
Scrabbleddie
(67 posts)The issue is not gay rights-- its liberals against religious freedom
and somehow, for sharia law-- a simple obfuscation meant to generate outrage.
The Chocolate Rain guy is also annoying.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,320 posts)Matrosov
(1,098 posts)The only Sharia law in the US is voluntary arbitration. If two Muslims want to settle a dispute they can go to a Sharia court. It's no different than settling a dispute through Judge Judy because these courts do not replace local or federal courts.
So while homosexuals do have to worry about Sharia law in countries where it is the law of the land and being homosexual can result in imprisonment or death, Christian inspired laws that permit discrimination against the LGBT community are the concern for gays in the US.
treestar
(82,383 posts)They missed activist criticism of anti-gay laws? No surprise there.
ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)I can't say I'm surprised.