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**jaxx** · 05-12-2012, 08:55 AM

(AP) TOPEKA, Kan. - A bill designed to prevent Kansas courts or government agencies from making decisions based on Islamic or other foreign legal codes has cleared the state Legislature after a contentious debate about whether the measure upholds American values or appeals to prejudice against Muslims.

The Senate approved the bill Friday on a 33-3 vote. The House had approved it, 120-0, earlier in the week. The measure goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who hasn't said whether he'll sign or veto the measure.

The measure doesn't specifically mention Shariah law, which broadly refers to codes within the Islamic legal system. Instead, it says that courts, administrative agencies or state tribunals can't base rulings on any foreign law or legal system that would not grant the parties the same rights guaranteed by state and U.S. constitutions.

<..> "This bill will put Kansas in a light that says we are intolerant of any other faith," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Tim Owens, an Overland Park Republican who voted against the bill. "I would not be able to look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I didn't stand up and say I don't want to be that kind of person and I don't want to be in a community or a state that is that way."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-5743...w-measure/

What kind of message does this send to the country and the world? That in the USA there are people who make laws to add to the myths about religion in order to support their own bigoted ideals. This is an outrage to what this country stands for.....freedom.

**sandnsea** · 05-12-2012, 11:22 AM

lol, that's the First Amendment fellas. We've been trying to explain it to you for quite some time.

**PoliticalTiger** · 05-12-2012, 09:26 PM

Well thank goodness they are working on legislation for things that matter! I was afraid they might be wasting their time working on trivial matters like trying to help people find jobs...... Sarcasm

**Willinois** · 05-13-2012, 03:53 AM

And just when Muslims were about to hold a majority of elected and judicial offices in Kansas! Rolleyes

**Treestar** · 05-13-2012, 08:24 AM

These kinds of things are just so stupid. Are they afraid a Kansas court will do that, that they need this law?

If parties to a contract agree to apply another state's law, it can be done. There's a whole course of law school called "conflict of laws" where those issues were thrashed out. If parties to a contract agree to any particular law, it's part of the law of conflicts - are they going to change their contracts laws to coincide with this?