That Oklahoma law that seeks to ban the consideration of shariah in deciding cases in that state (a situation that has never occurred -- even Sen. Rex Duncan, the co-author of the measure, says it was preemptive) comes with possibly unintended consequences.
I may be leaping to conclusions to associate the backers of this law with the Christian dominionists who seek to pass laws declaring the US a Christian nation and basing laws directly on the Christian bible, but it's not a big leap. Given that there is some commonality of goals between Sen. Sykes and the dominionists it's amusing to me to see an Oklahoma law professor comment that the law could arguably make state courts unable to consider the ten commandments in deciding cases.
I may be leaping to conclusions to associate the backers of this law with the Christian dominionists who seek to pass laws declaring the US a Christian nation and basing laws directly on the Christian bible, but it's not a big leap. Given that there is some commonality of goals between Sen. Sykes and the dominionists it's amusing to me to see an Oklahoma law professor comment that the law could arguably make state courts unable to consider the ten commandments in deciding cases.
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