The Stoning of Soraya M

In America today there are those who question why we have a separation of Church and State.  There are those who ask why can't we have the Ten Commandments in court houses and schools.  There are those who believe we need prayer in schools.  And there are those who believe in gender discrimination.

To all of those people I'd like to suggest a look at this movie.  This is what happens when we allow religion to justify every action we take.  This is what happens when the rule of law is perverted by religious figures.  This is what our society becomes when we view women as second rate citizens and/or slaves.

This movie was based on actual events, and is a warning beacon for us all here in the United States.

Girl Of Eight Refused Divorce

An eight year old child in Saudi Arabia has been refused permission to get divorced from her 58 year old husband.

Apparently, the girl's father was a little bit hard up for cash, so he sold his eight year old daughter to a 58 year old man, on the condition that the marriage may not be consummated until the girl is 18 (and her husband is 68). In exchange the girl's father received around $7,000.

The child's mother was a little upset about all this, and so went to court and asked that the marriage be dissolved. However the court, that operates on the crazy concepts of Sharia Law, sided with the men (imagine that), and said that the mother had no right to challenge the marriage. Although conceded that they might be willing to hear the case when the child reaches puberty, at which point she may file her own appeal.

In the meantime the eight year old girl is still living with the mother and attending school, unaware of her fucked up country and her disgusting marriage.

It may sound like a sick and twisted made up story, but this is in fact what is going on in Saudi Arabia in 2008. The country that brought us the 9/11 terrorists. The country we like to pretend are our friends.