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Total Members Voted: 11

Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM

[bambu.]

Just curious (haven't researched) -- has anyone determined what percent of practicing Muslims actually take nine year old brides?   

Tarring an entire religion with its most extremist cults is such standard rhetoric now that few seem to bother factchecking.

I just googled "Child brides in Islam"...if the cops come a calling I'll quote Elba research.

Percentage is very low if not zero according to "thenationthailand" article I just read.
It states that "child brides" is mostly cultural not religious.
...and that "menstruation" is they "key"...with girls then married and bearing children to preserve the tribes....low life expectancy age of the adults.

[bambu.]

No chance of Congress banning AR 15s, seems to me...having today read an NBC article.

It states that there was an explosion in AR 15 ownership after 9/11 when cops were patrolling cities and transportation hubs...and then when the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were in full swing and the People wanted to arm themselves with what the cops and military had.
Basically "America's favourite gun".

"And for many, it is a symbol, the embodiment of core American values - freedom, might, self-reliance."

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There's a burglary every 30 seconds in America.

[facilitatorn]

http://www.salon.com/2021/03/24/can-electoral-politics-save-us-on-guns-and-voting-our-democracy-is-broken/

[facilitatorn]

Just curious (haven't researched) -- has anyone determined what percent of practicing Muslims actually take nine year old brides?   

Tarring an entire religion with its most extremist cults is such standard rhetoric now that few seem to bother factchecking.

I just googled "Child brides in Islam"...if the cops come a calling I'll quote Elba research.

Percentage is very low if not zero according to "thenationthailand" article I just read.
It states that "child brides" are mostly cultural not religious.
...and that "menstruation" is they "key"...with girls then married and bearing children to preserve the tribes....low life expectancy age of the adults.

You are cutting the legs off one of Luee’s central and cherished biases.

[facilitatorn]

http://thebulwark.com/joe-biden-just-fixed-obamacares-subsidy-cliff/

[bambu.]

That article about the AR 15...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-s-rifle-why-so-many-people-love-ar-15-n831171

America's rifle: Why so many people love the AR-15

The Instagram tag #ar15 has over 1.7 million posts, with updates by the minute

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — There are a lot of reasons people love their AR-15 semiautomatic rifles, and it doesn't much matter to them what the haters say.

For some, the gun is a tool, a finely tuned machine that can cut down an animal or intruder, or pierce a distant target, with a single precise shot.

For others, it is a toy, a sleek beast of black plastic and metal that delivers a gratifying blast of adrenaline.
And for many, it is a symbol, the embodiment of core American values — freedom, might, self-reliance.

Devotees say the AR-15 has been wrongly demonized, arguing that the vast majority of owners never use it in a crime, and that despite the rifle’s use in mass shootings, it is responsible for a very small proportion of the country’s gun violence.

Thanks to that ardent following, and shrewd marketing, the AR-15 remains a jewel of the gun industry, the country’s most popular rifle, irreversibly lodged into American culture.

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Congress members might have "a bit of trouble Betty" wresting said rifle out of the hands of 'American culture'.

[facilitatorn]

http://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/sex-addiction-fact-check-atlanta-shooting-history.html

[bambu.]

http://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/sex-addiction-fact-check-atlanta-shooting-history.html

Yes, complicated are sex, sin, and salvation.
No sex spas, no victims.
No pornography, no victims.
No guns, no victims.
Male animals get urges, reproduction.

[LarryBnDC]

Just curious (haven't researched) -- has anyone determined what percent of practicing Muslims actually take nine year old brides?   

Tarring an entire religion with its most extremist cults is such standard rhetoric now that few seem to bother factchecking.

I just googled "Child brides in Islam"...if the cops come a calling I'll quote Elba research.

Percentage is very low if not zero according to "thenationthailand" article I just read.
It states that "child brides" is mostly cultural not religious.
...and that "menstruation" is they "key"...with girls then married and bearing children to preserve the tribes....low life expectancy age of the adults.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/warren-jeffs-child-bride-horrors-mormon-sect-leader-elissa-wall-a8219246.html

[LarryBnDC]

That article about the AR 15...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/america-s-rifle-why-so-many-people-love-ar-15-n831171

America's rifle: Why so many people love the AR-15

The Instagram tag #ar15 has over 1.7 million posts, with updates by the minute

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — There are a lot of reasons people love their AR-15 semiautomatic rifles, and it doesn't much matter to them what the haters say.

For some, the gun is a tool, a finely tuned machine that can cut down an animal or intruder, or pierce a distant target, with a single precise shot.

For others, it is a toy, a sleek beast of black plastic and metal that delivers a gratifying blast of adrenaline.
And for many, it is a symbol, the embodiment of core American values — freedom, might, self-reliance.

Devotees say the AR-15 has been wrongly demonized, arguing that the vast majority of owners never use it in a crime, and that despite the rifle’s use in mass shootings, it is responsible for a very small proportion of the country’s gun violence.

Thanks to that ardent following, and shrewd marketing, the AR-15 remains a jewel of the gun industry, the country’s most popular rifle, irreversibly lodged into American culture.

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Congress members might have "a bit of trouble Betty" wresting said rifle out of the hands of 'American culture'.

[facilitatorn]

[facilitatorn]

http://www.salon.com/2021/03/24/watchdog-group-files-complaint-against-turning-point-org-over-not-disclosing-donors/

Since 2002 we’ve had laws on the books specifically to deal with these terrorist funding networks.

[luee]

Just curious (haven't researched) -- has anyone determined what percent of practicing Muslims actually take nine year old brides?   

Tarring an entire religion with its most extremist cults is such standard rhetoric now that few seem to bother factchecking.

I just googled "Child brides in Islam"...if the cops come a calling I'll quote Elba research.

Percentage is very low if not zero according to "thenationthailand" article I just read.
It states that "child brides" is mostly cultural not religious.
...and that "menstruation" is they "key"...with girls then married and bearing children to preserve the tribes....low life expectancy age of the adults.

Ever hear of Isis? Kidnapped child brides was the norm. Also central Africa. Not cultural, pure religion from the Koran.

Channel 4 News
1.6M subscribers
The facts are shocking - young girls, some as young as nine - forced into marriage - in a country which should give women equal rights in everything from education to marriage and divorce.

In 37 countries, the minimum age for women is less than the minimum age requirement for men. In Sudan for instance, boys are allowed to marry at 15, while girls can marry at 10 by law.

https://qz.com/783681/child-marriage-is-allowed-in-more-than-100-countries-including-the-united-states/

Many countries make a legal exemption for people belonging to a specific religion. For instance, the minimum age for marriage without permission is 21 in the Philippines. But the law makes an exception for Muslims–Muslim girls can be married at puberty, and Muslim boys at 15. 

[facilitatorn]

Many countries make a legal exemption for people belonging to a specific religion. For instance,

http://www.the-sun.com/news/326964/ex-child-bride-brainwashed-marrying-adult-slams-us-laws-allows-12-girls-to-wed/

[bambu.]

On my tv screen just now:
The
Hill:
"Kamala Harris, Bill Clinton to hold talk on the effect of the pandemic on women."

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Is Bill Clinton now the de facto President?