State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, is pushing this bill.
Texas lawmakers are taking a look at banning courts from considering Shariah law and/or any other religious law when deciding the outcome of cases. Oklahoma voters approved a measure to do that last year but that’s tied up in the courts.
Conservatives argue, among other things, this is necessary because there may be an effort by radical Islam to circumvent our legal system. Liberals say this is a solution in search of a problem.
From the Houston Chronicle:
The goal “is to require a Texas court to uphold and apply only the laws ordained by the constitutions of (Texas and the United States), prohibiting any other interpretation,” said Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, a former Arlington mayor pro tem. “This is now happening all over Europe … and in Dearborn, Mich. … and it could spread throughout the United States.
“We all know what Shariah law does to women – women must wear burqas, women are subject to humiliation and into controlled marriages under Shariah law,” he said. “We want to prevent it from ever happening in Texas.”
I spoke with former Texas GOP Chair Cathie Adams and Democratic Strategist Jason Stanford. Listen:
Muslim Law Debate by Scott Braddock
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