Posted on 09/24/2014 3:27:26 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Happy families? The Men with Many Wives, Channel 4
Rachel Stewart on Channel 4's documentary about the Muslims who circumvent British law.
It is estimated that as many as 20,000 polygamous Muslim marriages exist in the UK. In a Channel 4 documentary this week, director Masood Khan will delve into the community of British Muslim polygamists to find out “what makes these people tick” and how a religious group is able to put its own practices above UK law.
Khan was drawn to the subject after hearing about women in Britain – mostly well-educated, third- or fourth-generation immigrants or Western converts – who were considering polygamy a “lifestyle choice”, embracing the idea of the part-time husband.
Khan talks about meeting one such career woman: “She was a gobby Northerner who had quite a senior job at the Home Office. She recently got divorced and said, ‘I don’t have time to have a bloke around all the time. I just want to see him maybe twice a week, so it works perfectly if he’s got another wife who can take care of all his cooking and cleaning.’”
In 2010, London Mayor Boris Johnson’s then 45-year-old ex-wife Allegra Mostyn-Owen married a Muslim man in secret. In an article for the Evening Standard she explained her approach to polygamy: “I realise that I am unlikely to conceive children [at my age] so we agreed that, so long as he chooses a good partner, then I am happy to live together in an extended family.”(continued)
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For a modern day reader? You and I know what those words mean, but many today do not. Heck, they probably have problems with the explanatory terms. LOL
Yep - and it just detracts from the message.
The Limeys invited them in.
ISLAM is a religion/sociopolitical system of domination and death. The domination is with the males. The death is if you in any way resist.
Like the Borg... resistance is futile! And like the Borg... with either kill them all, or be prepared to battle this “ad infinitum”.
You are correct. . but what is amazing, and somewhat disheartening, is to watch modern Progressives declare their undying faith in our founders and our founding ideals when, in fact, as you point out, they are intent upon its very negation. Progressives today understand that they must lie and hide their true beliefs and intentions.
This is in stark contrast to the Progressive "founding fathers" of the late 19th and early 20th century. Wilson, Dewey, Goodnow were all honest men and were absolutely transparent about their opposition to natural law and individual freedom as defined by the founders. Here's an example. . and one of my favorite Goodnow quotes I use when arguing against liberals:
“In a word, man is regarded now throughout Europe as primarily a member of society and secondarily as an individual. The rights which he possesses are, it is believed, conferred upon him, not by his Creator, but rather by the society to which he belongs. What they are is to be determined by the legislative authority in view of the needs of that society. Social expediency, rather than natural right, is thus to determine the sphere of individual freedom of action.” Frank Goodnow, The American Conception of Liberty – 1916
add to my last statement the fact that liberalism/libertarianism has fed this polygamy even in countries that don’t allow it. i.e. It’s okay to cohabitate outside of marriage. Something that was against the law many years ago.
Cohabitation was almost impossible in the United States prior to the 1960s. Laws prevented unmarried couples from registering in hotels and it was very difficult for an unmarried couple to obtain a home mortgage. From 1960 to 1998, cohabitation moved from disreputable and difficult to normal and convenient.” PBS: Social disruptions
As of 2013, cohabitation of unmarried couples remains illegal in four states (Mississippi, Florida, Michigan, and North Carolina), while fornication remains illegal in six states (Idaho,[89] Utah,[90] South Carolina,[91] Minnesota,[92] Massachusetts,[93] Illinois[94]). These laws are almost never enforced and are now believed to be unconstitutional since the legal decision Lawrence v. Texas in 2003
I don't think modern Progressives are doing that anymore. Hence their characterization of the founders as Dead, White, European, Male Slave owners.
And remember Nancy Pelosi's response when asked "Where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?"
I think it is true that no presidential candidate prior to Obama would have dared say that the Constitution is flawed.
Progressives call the Constitution a "living" document. But they mean "living" in the Newspeak translation, meaning "dead."
Well if they won’t enforce their laws against rape if Muslims are involved they sure won’t enforce this one.
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