[Responding to a news story in which a Muslim woman sought a divorce from her abusive Muslim husband, but was denied by a German judge according to "Islamic law"]
the state should stay out of the affairs between a man and his wife me thinks.
[When he's beating her and threatening to kill her?]
obviously if the man is going to kill his wife or beats her severely thats different. But the state has no business getting involved if he just hits her.
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Oh no?. So, they can forbid contraconceptives, they can call social workers BUT they can´t save the woman´s dignity and enforce the law?, go with the judge and hit her. You´d be a wonderful couple.
the state should stay out of the affairs between a man and his wife me thinks.
Then you think wrong. I don't know the laws in Germany, or wherever it is this guy lives, but marriage should not be a license for either partner to treat the other like shit. Married women are still human beings, and if she's being beaten by her husband I'd think she should have every right to divorce him, and to seek prosecution.
I would be surprised if this were a true story. I don't see Germans thinking much of Sharia law. Certainly not to the extent of allowing it to overrule secular law.
That being said, I hope this fuckwit gets a woman who'll cut his balls off the first time he tries to get violent on her.
Edit: I just looked up the particulars of the case on Google News (I should've done that first). It appears this actually happened. The judge was subsequently removed from the case and the Frankfurt court is considering disciplinary measures against her (Yes, it was a woman!)
Berny: It is not like she allowed the man to beat his wife over and over without intervention. The man is forbidden to approach his wife, and is so since some time. For the judge, this was safe enough, and my guess is she just wanted to illustrate some aspects of islam or the cultural background. It is not that she denied the woman the divorce based on the Koran.
Msy I assume your Christian (can't imagine many others coming up with this load of BS)? Ok then, love your wife as Christ loves the Church. However hard I may wish Christ would backhand you or whatever piece of shit church you attend, he doesn't. And thus you shouldn't hit your wife. DUH.
And that, kiddies, was the Bible lesson of the day.
Real men dont hit their wives.
Unless its the wifes express wish and theres a safeword involved. But even then, beatings are out of the question: bdsm is a consensual thing between willing partners (though one might prefer to pretend to be unwilling and/or be surprised by it.)
And no, marriage is NOT consent to such things. Though beating eachother with big pvc pipes for fun is fine. gotta be consensual though.
So let me get this straight...if a man abuses his wife, you think that the state should stay out of it. But if two homosexuals want to get married, how dare the state let them engage in such a sin?!
You are a sorry excuse for a human being.
Huh?! If he hits her, it's fine, but if he beats her, then they should get involved. So how many hits constitutes a beating? Just so I know.
Confused?
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