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Texas Legislator Introduces Anti-Sharia Law To Protect Texans From Islamic Hegemony

Texas state Rep. Leo Berman (R) has finally acted to combat one of the biggest threats to Texans. No it is not pollution, unemployment, or crime. It is Sharia law. Following 15 other states, he has introduced a bill to ban state court from considering religious or cultural law — an ill-conceived legislative initiative advanced by counterparts in Oklahoma.

Berman is a self-professed birther who has been the subject of demands for his censure in the past. He previously called President Obama “God’s punishment.”

His evidence of the threat is rather hard to follow. He cites the fact that Dearborn, Michigan is home to one of the largest Muslim populations and the largest mosque in North America. Where there are Muslims, he reasons, there is Sharia. Somehow that concentration of Muslims in Michigan is now a direct threat to Texas. When pressed, he explained “I don’t know Dearborn, Michigan but I heard it (Sharia is accepted law here) on the radio. Isn’t that true?“

There you have it. A regular Disraeli of a legislator.

Source: Think Progress

Jonathan Turley

60 thoughts on “Texas Legislator Introduces Anti-Sharia Law To Protect Texans From Islamic Hegemony”

  1. What kind of an idiot does one have to be to vote for this character? And don’t anyone dare tell me it’s culture oriented. Stupidity is not a culture … in fact stupidity indicates a lack of culture … ha, excellent word play … I congratulate myself.

  3. Given the Tennessee House’s religion-inspired nonsense over evolution, this episode now reminds me of the terrible Alan Jackson song (only a few of these by the way), “If Dallas Was in Tennessee.” Maybe Texas really is in Tennessee:

  5. Swarthmore,

    “Some on this blog would agree with him.”

    I think you were correct the first time 🙂

    Berman looks like he’s the kind of guy who would say, “Hey, little girl. Reach into my pocket … I’ve got some candy for you.”

  7. As we speak, Muslim inhabitants of Dearborn Michigan are planning their 2011 vacations to Texas … whew! … Rep. Leo Berman acted in the nick of time

  9. Swarthmore

    Gotcha, inflection doesn’t come across well on the internet. I apologize for misreading your intent.

  10. Gyges, I should have put lol at the end of the statement but whatever…..

  11. Buddha and Swarthmore,

    Yeah I was assuming since I don’t believe in a god, I’d be excluded from that.

    In fact, I can only think of one person off hand that’s known for their belief in an active God, so I’d think it’s probably safe to say that she’s the only one who would think the President Obama’s a punishment from God.

    I guess that meets the definition of “some on this blog,” but it still seems a mighty disingenuous statement.

  13. Rorschach: You see, Doctor, God didn’t kill that little girl. Fate didn’t butcher her and destiny didn’t feed her to those dogs. If God saw what any of us did that night he didn’t seem to mind. From then on I knew… God doesn’t make the world this way. We do.

  15. Texas ranks as eighth among states in the number of muslims residing in the state. This guy didn’t want to be outdone by 15 other states. Texas has to keep up its reputation. He is probably pandering as Gyges said.

  16. He previously called President Obama “God’s punishment.” – from the article

    Pretty much says it all…

  17. The question is which is the worse assumption to make: this guy knows the law will be useless and struck down as unconstitutional and is just pandering to his base, or that this guy thinks this is a necessary and perfectly Constitutional law.

  18. Let us just start with the proposition that Dearborn, MI is the largest concentration of Muslims inside of the US.

    Lets then go on to say that Berman is a Red Neck….

    Then finish up with This is Texas after all….Not to be out done by Arizona….

    I have a wondering mind….if the Indians were here first, then the Spanish and French….then Mexico… and then the rest of US…. where do we really stand in the food c

  19. But I bet he is first in line to vote for making the bible the law of the land.

    We have long passed the bottom of the barrel and seem to be scraping at the core of the earth under the barrel; you have to wonder where this madness will end. If we scrape all the way through the earth will we just fall out and drift into space?

  20. The headline could have just as easily read “Texas Legislator Ignores Existence of 1st Amendment”.

    Disraeli indeed.

    I think I hear ol’ Ben turning in his grave this very moment.

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