While I’m not a huge fan of the Muslim obsession with virginity, I fail to see why this “escape clause” should be disallowed simply because the lie involves a sexual matter.
22 posted on 06/01/2008 10:38:20 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
(1984 was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual!)
Yup. Somehow we’ve gone from thinking that sexual misdeeds should be treated more strictly than others, to thinking they should be treated the same, to the notion that deceit and perjury don’t matter if they involve sex in any way.
26 posted on 06/01/2008 12:06:30 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
(Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)