Sisters Stand United
The issue of faith-based arbitration is something I have opined about before. I know there were many others like me who were busily expressing their revulsion at the idea of sharia being allowed to exert power here in Ontario. As I said before, it is misogyny dressed up as religion.
Yesterday, I called for the party hats to be passed around and the hallelujah chorus to ring out when I heard that Premier McGuinty had announced this would not be allowed. Today, the smile on my face grew even wider when I read the article in today's Toronto Daily Star about my sisters in Parliament standing united against this abomination. Apparently the whole 17-member caucus took a united stand, saying, "there was no way to protect women properly from sharia provisions, so the only solution was to drop all non-secular arbitration." You go, sisters!
Yesterday, I called for the party hats to be passed around and the hallelujah chorus to ring out when I heard that Premier McGuinty had announced this would not be allowed. Today, the smile on my face grew even wider when I read the article in today's Toronto Daily Star about my sisters in Parliament standing united against this abomination. Apparently the whole 17-member caucus took a united stand, saying, "there was no way to protect women properly from sharia provisions, so the only solution was to drop all non-secular arbitration." You go, sisters!
3 Comments:
I am not Canadian and I am not aware of this. But it would seem to me that whenever you can get any part of a government to unanamous (sp?), that is a clear sign that something needed to be set straight.
That won't necessarily put this whole debate to bed -- but at least it puts some nails in that coffin.
Hallelujah!!! I am just thrilled. Just absolutely thrilled that that stupid ass rule was shot down! Woot Woot!
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