# "March Against Sharia" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 10, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623 "2017-06-10T17:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/1 "2017-06-10T17:21:49Z")
Today, in various locations across the country, will be staged a [March against Sharia](http://www.npr.org/2017/06/10/532254891/march-against-sharia-planned-across-the-u-s). Just in case anyone is in any doubt about the purpose of this set of coordinated marches, here is one Billy Roper from Arkansas (surprise!) [QUOTE=Billy Roper] We want to send a message to Muslims that they are not welcome in our communities. We want to send a message to Muslims that they’re not welcome in our state. And ultimately we want to send a message to Muslims that they’re not welcome in our nation and, of course, endgame, on our planet. [/QUOTE] I thought about Great Debates for this thread, but there’s no real debate here. If any single marcher can tell me one single true thing about Sharia and the way it functions in Muslim communities, I will be really, really surprised. This is just anti-Muslim bigotry, and they picked the scare word that they thought would get the most traction. On the other hand, I’m not putting this in the Pit because it really is pointless. Stupid people will be stupid, fearful people will be afraid, bigoted people will be both stupid and afraid. Nothing much to see here. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/2 "2017-06-10T17:25:34Z")
Can someone organise a march for Shania at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/3 "2017-06-10T17:26:42Z")
A “March against Law”? What do they have against the US Constitution? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/4 "2017-06-10T17:29:00Z")
The people behind this have disavowed the march in Arkansas, because of the racist organizer. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/5 "2017-06-10T17:34:28Z")
What? Not racist enough? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/6 "2017-06-10T17:39:02Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Can someone organise a march for Shania at the same time? That would be beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/7 "2017-06-10T18:02:20Z")
Since these people are apparently so proudly in favor of the 1st Amendment’s non-establishment clause, I assume that they will next be doing a march against Dominionism? I mean, if you are against the former, so deeply concerned about religion, ANY religion, being imposed upon those citizens who do not want it to be imposed on themselves, you MUST be against the latter too, right? When that set of marches gets announced, sign me right TF up! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/8 "2017-06-10T18:21:44Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Can someone organise a march for Shania at the same time? Maybe the Country Music Association. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/9 "2017-06-10T18:21:57Z")
What comes to mind for many of us as a part of sharia is stoning people to death for adultery. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/10 "2017-06-10T18:23:59Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > What comes to mind for many of us as a part of sharia is stoning people to death for adultery. That’s something in common with Christianity. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/11 "2017-06-10T18:46:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s something in common with Christianity. I can’t tell the tense of your contraction, but I’ll assume you mean “was”, not “is”. Right? The anti-Sharia folks in the OP’s link are loons, for sure, but let’s not set up a false equivalency here. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/12 "2017-06-10T18:50:48Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I can’t tell the tense of your contraction, but I’ll assume you mean “was”, not “is”. Right? > > The anti-Sharia folks in the OP’s link are loons, for sure, but let’s not set up a false equivalency here. It’s been taken out of the Bible? Hadn’t heard that. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/13 "2017-06-10T19:03:51Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What? Not racist enough? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/14 "2017-06-10T19:05:59Z")
Isn’t this fear of Sharia law similar to the bathroom nonsense? Spewing hate in the name of a non-existent problem? ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/15 "2017-06-10T19:14:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s been taken out of the Bible? Hadn’t heard that. As they say, [Good News.](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+8%3A1-11&version=NLT) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/16 "2017-06-11T01:04:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s been taken out of the Bible? Hadn’t heard that. When was the last time you heard of Christians regularly stoning/executing\* women for adultery, though? The 1600s? You know what **PastTense** meant. The people described in the OP are assholes, but c’mon, this is weaksauce. \*And in Christian societies, most women were burned at the stake, rather than stoned. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/17 "2017-06-11T01:15:23Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > When was the last time you heard of Christians regularly stoning/executing\* women for adultery, though? The 1600s? You know what **PastTense** meant. The people described in the OP are assholes, but c’mon, this is weaksauce. > > \*And in Christian societies, most women were burned at the stake, rather than stoned. A few years ago [we had a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653542) about a teenage girl who went to court over a prayer banner at her high school which resulted in the banner being removed. She received numerous death threats along with being threatened with rape. A state legislator called her evil. Has Christianity really progressed that far? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/18 "2017-06-11T01:17:04Z")
A decade or so ago in Montgomery, Alabama, the chief justice of the state supreme court thought it a good idea to have a monument to the Ten Commandments prominently displayed in the courthouse. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/19 "2017-06-11T02:21:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > A few years ago [we had a thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653542) about a teenage girl who went to court over a prayer banner at her high school which resulted in the banner being removed. > She received numerous death threats along with being threatened with rape. > A state legislator called her evil. > > Has Christianity really progressed that far? Okay, you have a point there. However, we don’t have _laws_ demanding it, which is what I thought you were referring to. If that’s not what you meant, then I apologize. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623/20 "2017-06-11T02:30:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Okay, you have a point there. However, we don’t have _laws_ demanding it, which is what I thought you were referring to. If that’s not what you meant, then I apologize. More the fact that these same people would support a Christian form of religious law without hesitation. Even Trump said that women who have abortions should be punished and there was little objection from the religious Right. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-against-sharia/788623.md?page=2)