Oklahoma Surprise: Islam as an Election Issue

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OKLAHOMA CITY — Cory Williams, a Democratic state representative from Stillwater, expected his opponent in the recent election to label him a free-spending liberal allied with President Obama.

He did not foresee that he would be accused of trying to subject Oklahomans to Islamic law.

Mr. Williams was one of 10 Democrats who voted against putting a state constitutional amendment on the ballot that would forbid state judges from considering international or Islamic law in deciding cases. He considered the idea unnecessary, since the First Amendment already bans state-imposed religion.

His Republican challenger sent out mailers showing him next to a shadowy figure in an Arab headdress. On the other side, the flier said Mr. Williams wanted to allow “Islamic ‘Shariah’ law to be used by Oklahoma courts” and suggested that he was part of “an international movement, supported by militant Muslims and liberals,” to establish Islamic law throughout the world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/15/us/15oklahoma.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a23

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1. This is the progression of wedge issues

First gay marriage, then gay adoption, now Sharia law. All these get out the vote issues over nothing but bigotry. It keeps people voting Republican over non-money related issues.