My Sharia Amore

In the For What It's Worth Department (which means loosely, hey, this crossed my mind; I'll post on it): The descent of sharia law gaining a claw-hold onto the legal system of England appears a done deal now. But of some interest to the observer is the way it was normalized.

First came the ever-depressing Rowan Williams' small but irretrievably important comment. Then, a larger rent when the Lord Chief Justice Lord Phillips opened the sluice gates. Both spokesmen for the government spoke in the normative ("should"). It wasn't long before it became the indicative.

Having seen the way decisions are made top down in a large Protestant denomination (which shall remain nameless) that will affect the pocket-books of the laity, the analogy is sufficiently close to draw comparisons: first, take the head of the state church and throw him to the media hounds. Then, use your biggest gun and shoot the bloody hades out of John Q. Public. And poof! the infamy is complete. Resistance futile but noted. Thank you. You may speak to your representative (appointment necessary).

My question is, what cabal made the decision? My advice, always: follow the money.

Oh, and, goodbye England.