Afghan's Islamic Winter

Photo by TKnoxB

Just a reminder of what we're fighting for in Afghanistan:

Democracy

The courts in Afghanistan, an Islamic state, are empowered to apply Shariah law when there are no applicable existing statutes.

and

People's Rights

In January 2008, a court sentenced a journalism student to death for blasphemy for asking questions about women's rights under Islam. An appeals court reduced the sentence to 20 years in prison. His lawyers appealed again and the case is pending.

The Real Controversy About Rick Warren's Inaugural Invocation

Forget separation of Church and State, debasing women, and support for Proposition 8. The real problem with choosing Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation is...wait for it...that Warren might mention the wrong god in his prayer!

Rabbi Burt Visotzky, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism, has the best take on this:

"For me as a Jew, hearing the name of a first-century rabbi isn't the worst thing in the world, but it's not my God."

ROTFLMAO, indeed.