Sharia court orders jail for rape victim unless kids handed to rapist. No, wait.

[PatrickforO]

That was in Alabama.

This is utterly appalling. I know women face gender discrimination daily but THIS goes way beyond the pale.

Here's an excerpt followed by the link. This is utterly shameful and un-American.

A young woman from Birmingham, Alabama, was raped and impregnated four times by her uncle. She was just 12 years old when the assaults started: Her mother’s half-brother started climbing into her bed. She endured this hell for years. Raped at 14, she miscarried. Raped at 16, she gave birth to a baby boy. Raped at 18, she gave birth, but her child died of a disease common to incest cases. Raped at 19, she gave birth to her second son.

Despite the DNA evidence, her uncle was never convicted of rape. It wouldn’t matter if he had been anyway: In Alabama, a rapist is entitled to visitation rights to children resulting from his crimes, and can even sue for custody. Alabama is one of only two states that allow this.

However, this horror takes on new meaning in Alabama, because last month the state passed a law outlawing the destruction of embryos for all victims of sexual assault. The law even prescribes jail for doctors who perform abortions. In fact, the only exception to the law is given to in vitro fertilization labs, which routinely destroy tons of fertilized eggs.

Now that abortion is outlawed for all rape survivors in Alabama, the survivor is forced to bear a child if one is conceived. At the very least, you’d think the lawmakers would fix the loophole (assuming it even is a loophole) that would give the rapist custody and visitation rights. Well, actually, one Alabama lawmaker did try to do just that by introducing a bill to terminate the parental rights of rapists. Unfortunately, “pro-life” lawmakers amended the bill so that it pertained only to people who rape their own children, and required that the perpetrator be convicted of first-degree rape.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/6/16/1864985/-Sharia-court-orders-jail-for-rape-victim-unless-kids-handed-to-rapist-Wait-I-meant-Alabama?detail=emaildkre#comment_74166228

[MyOwnPeace]

1. You know,

this is just SO far beyond sanity and common decency that I can't even begin to think of a reasonable response to any civilized government that would allow such absurdity.

[lunasun]

2. Rape is completely forbidden in Islamic law and is a crime punishable by

death!
Seems more like yes that is a unique US Christian thing .The article claims it is un-American but hey it is state law now
We here have to admit it’s in parts of America now
Nope US Christians got to claim this for themselves because that is one thing Sharia definitely would not be doing

[PatrickforO]

3. I think that was the point.

Let me spell out the sarcasm the author of the article intended.

The right-wing evangelicals fuel their racism, in part, with hatred for Muslims, and to keep this hatred ginned up they say that Muslims want to impose Sharia law here in the US. That is meant to scare uneducated, white, low-information people into hating the religion of Islam.

Right.

So by calling the 'christian' disgustingness in Alabama 'Sharia' law, the author is pointing out the hypocrisy of these so-called 'christian' right-wing evangelicals. The play on words is meant to show readers that these evangelicals are little better than those they call fanatics. The message of course, is that the imposition of a theocracy by zealots of whatever religion, be it Christian, Muslim, white supremacy or nazism, it is definitely something we don't want.

Has nothing to do with blaming Muslims. It's a play on words calling out the hypocrisy of the evangelical zealots.

[lunasun]

4. Duh Oh gee I read it & I understand just saying Americans truly can't claim its not uniquely theirs

I don’t think it was sarcasm when the article said it was unamerican but is representative of parts of America now