There are a few things that I, as a conservative, believe about culture.
1) All cultures are not equal.
2) American culture, despite its flaws, is the best of them.
3) When other people come here to live, they need to drop their old culture and adopt ours.
Many people, particularly liberals, don't believe those things. Instead, they believe that,
1) All cultures are equal.
2) Despite #1, American culture is inferior to those in most other countries.
3) When people come to our country, they should retain as much as possible of their old culture.
Okay.
Now, let's take those two sets of beliefs and run them through a real world filter, shall we?
Here's what Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric believes. He undoubtedly speaks for tens, if not hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world, some of whom will be emigrating to this country,
Ten-year-old girls are ready for marriage, according to Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric.Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh, the country's grand mufti, told Al Hayat newspaper that those saying ten or 12-year-old girls are too young to marry are being 'unfair' to them.
...Responding to a question about parents who force their underage daughters to marry, the mufti said: 'We hear a lot about the marriage of underage girls in the media, and we should know that Islamic law has not brought injustice to women.'
The mufti said a good upbringing will make a girl capable of carrying out her duties as a wife and that those who say women should not marry before the age of 25 are following a 'bad path'.
'Our mothers and before them, our grandmothers, married when they were barely 12,' said Al Sheikh, according to the Al-Hayat newspaper.
So, if Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al Sheikh and his adherents -- or the large percentage of people across the world who believe similarly odious things -- come to the United States, do you want the conservative or the liberal approach to culture in place?
Update #1: Google, which runs ads based on the content, at the moment is ironically running ads for a Muslim dating service beside of this post -- which I am not linking because I want you to click on the ad.
I took a quick look through and was disappointed to find that there weren't that many women wearing veils and burkas. That killed my hella cool idea of ranking the hottest veiled Muslim hotties. There are plenty of women wearing head coverings, but it's just not the same.
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