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It is now legal for shia men to deny food and sustenance to their wives if they refuse to obey their husband's sexual demands.
Fathers and grandfathers have full guardianship over the children
Women must ask permission from their husbands to work.
A rapist can avoid prosecution by paying 'blood money' to a girl who was injured when he raped her.
"Tamkeen is the readiness of the wife to submit to her husband's reasonable sexual enjoyment, and her prohibition from going out of the house, except in extreme circumstances, without her husband's permission. If any of the above provisions are not followed by the wife she is considered disobedient."
Apparently in a bid for votes in the upcoming election, Hamid Karzai has basically sold the rights of women to gain power. The election is Thursday, August 20. But from what I can see, women will lose as long as the country is islamic.
I'm on the fence with voting. Half of me feels like it's a total waste of time. After all, from my limited understanding of such things, I learned in school that we have an electoral system in place, not direct elections, so how does my vote count? Plus, I don't really care for any of the candidates. Some of them are downright despicable, but the others are just not my choice for the role they're campaigning for. I hate the idea of voting for the best of the worst. That's a lousy choice.
On the other hand, I feel that we have to do whatever we can to make things as good as possible, individually and collectively. This means doing stuff like voting, which is a responsibility, not a luxury. Plus, if you don't vote, then I feel you have no right to complain about whoever gets elected.
Then, as we get closer to the election, I become increasingly alarmed by what I'm hearing and seeing about the candidates. Below is a short Associated Press video of Matt Damon talking about Sarah Palin. He basically sums it up in under 2 minutes why I have to vote against McCain/Palin.
From what I gather of Palin, if she gets into higher office, it seems like we're doomed. She's a pentecostal. She believes in armageddon. Not just figuratively, but literally. Which means she doesn't care about the world, or peace. If the violent biblical prophecies happen then they'll be closer to getting to heaven. So World War 3 would be just dandy to someone who believes in armageddon.
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