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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:43 PM
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Did you know that women driving will turn them Gay?
Saudi Clerics: Women Will Turn Gay If They Drive

Religious leaders in Saudi Arabia hope to make an example of a woman recently caught driving — illegal in the Muslim nation — and she could receive 10 lashes, all because some believe women taking the wheel will become promiscuous or gay.

Lacking any other form of transportation, Shaima Jastaniya drove to the hospital earlier this year before being arrested by Saudi police. While she was initially sentenced to a brutal whipping, the Saudi king pardoned her after a global outcry. But a local court recently informed Jastaniya that her sentencing will stand. While Jastaniya appeals that verdict, many fear ultraconservative clerics within the Saudi government want to make her an example.

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/11/18/Saudi_Clerics_Women_Will_Turn_Gay_If_They_Drive/
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:44 PM
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1. and this is a close ally.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:46 PM
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2. Funny, at first glance I saw 'GRAY,' and thought of grandma
who, of course, NEVER drove!!!

:hi:
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:53 PM
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5. My Aunt was the oldest female in Kentucky to ever be issued a drivers license for the first time.
She was 84 at the time of the issuance of the license (1983). She could no longer walk to town from the hollow she lived in.

When we were teaching her how to drive, I asked her why she never learned & she responded I did, but back then you had to start the car from the front with a crank & you didn't need a license to drive. Bless her soul.
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get the red out Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 04:10 PM
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8. My Grandmother drove until you needed a license
in Kentucky, then she never bothered to drive again. I don't know why she didn't just get her license? It wasn't like there was crazy traffic in Paintsville, KY or anything, LOL.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:56 PM
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6. That's what I read it as too
:rofl:
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:47 PM
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3. Year after year, a top contender for worst country in the world. n/t
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:52 PM
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4. I'd say ten lashes from a sanctimonious asshole might do a better job of putting them off men.
What astounding stupidity!

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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 04:05 PM
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7. *facepalm*
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:31 PM
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9. in a way they are not wrong. once women are independent
they can come out and make decisions on who to sleep with etc
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:46 PM
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10. good point.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 07:09 PM
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11. Too much independence has a way of doing that
Gotta keep them subservient and dependent on the menfolk. :eyes:
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 10:12 PM
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12. Often makes me think this is why earth is off in some isolated outpost in the universe... typical
Edited on Fri Nov-18-11 10:13 PM by RKP5637
example.
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8 track mind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-11 08:14 PM
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13. Heavens to Mergatroid! Someone aleart Danica Patrick!!!!!! n/t
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