"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
A Blasphemy Conviction In Kansas
Taking a bold stand against a non-existant threat, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a measure that would ban judges in that state from making rulings derived from "Islamic Shariah law." Presumably this would protect residents of the Jayhawk State from the prospect of being punished for committing blasphemy against Mohammed. However, the measure leaves judges free to inflict draconian punishments for other forms of public impiety. Witness the case of Michael Gaines.
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