By Andrew L. Jaffee

So, because of “multiculturalism,” we throw out our most cherished beliefs about human rights — all for the sake of being “sensitive” to immigrants with extremist belief systems? Is it so hard for all Americans to agree that rape is wrong? This is worrisome (below), from Jihad Watch (and what, did this judge skip all his/her ethics classes?):

… And now a New Jersey judge sees no evidence that a Muslim committed sexual assault of his wife — not because he didn’t do it, but because he was acting on his Islamic beliefs: “This court does not feel that, under the circumstances, that this defendant had a criminal desire to or intent to sexually assault or to sexually contact the plaintiff when he did. The court believes that he was operating under his belief that it is, as the husband, his desire to have sex when and whether he wanted to, was something that was consistent with his practices and it was something that was not prohibited.”

Luckily, the appellate court overturned this decision, and a Sharia ruling by an American court has not been allowed to stand. This time. …