[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by garinda

According to a recent poll 37% of young British Muslims would like to see the introduction of Sharia law in Britain.

Would the people calling for exemptions from the Discrimination Bill for Catholics, demand the same rights, and prejudices, of other faith groups such as Muslims, also to have exemptions from British law?

There's a subtle difference here in that if Britain were subject to Sharia law I very much doubt that the Sharia courts would direct those of us who would want to be tried under other rules to an alternative court.

The Catholic church always redirects gay couples to other adoption agencies. They do not seek to ban adoption by gay couples.

However, I do believe that at present there are some forms of Sharia courts in this country already, although I don't know much about how they operate. Perhaps someone else knows and can enlighten us.

In our church we have (for want of better word) church courts which will discipline someone who has for intance committed adultery which as far as I am aware is not a criminal offence. There is never any suggestion that it should be against the law of the land to commit adultery but it is against the laws of our church. The adulterer has a choice - stop adultering and come back to full fellowhip in the church or carry on as you are but you can't hold any church callings. Is anyone suggesting that we should condone adultery because it isn't illegal?