North Carolina Debates Use of Koran, Other Non-Christian Texts During Court Hearings

We let foreitgners in and they change our country - pit citizens against eachother - disect our Constitution, Declaration and our Bill of Rights.

They make a FARCE of our civil liberties and legal systems. They do not respect our history, culture or country.

They obviously don't belong here.

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
foxnews.com

RALEIGH, N.C. — If North Carolina is going to let people use a religious text when taking an oath in court, the Bible shouldn't be the only book allowed, an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union argued in court Tuesday.
A lawsuit filed by the ACLU of North Carolina challenges a state policy that allows only the Bible to be used in such court procedures.
"If the state is going to get into the religious oath business, the state has to be fair," said Seth Cohen, the ACLU's lead counsel on the case.
But an attorney from the state Attorney General's Office urged Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway to dismiss the case.
"The main complaint of the ACLU and the plaintiff is a political one, not a legal one," attorney Valerie Bateman said.
Filed in July 2005, the lawsuit argues that state law is unconstitutional because it favors Christianity over other religions. It names Syidah Mateen, a Muslim woman who said she was denied the use of the Koran in court.
The ACLU is seeking a court order clarifying that the law is broad enough to allow the use of multiple religious texts, or else rule the statute unconstitutional. The group expects Ridgeway will issue a ruling as early as next week.