It is not about race but about individual rights.

For more background information about President Cecilia Fire Thunder and Pine Ridge, check out this post at Wampum, reprinting a brief article from this past December.

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My comment:

Great post. This should make for a good case.

The most intense fact situation I could dream up would be if they served a white minor incest victim. It would illuminate the Christain savages . . . savages that smile proudly while they deal out Christian justice:

“The essence of the case wasn’t just a rape on a pool table in a barroom,” says O’Boy. “I think the angle that the press seized on was that this happened in front of a large crowd screaming and yelling and urging the participants on like it was some sort of a sporting event.”

Picture the save-the-sperm boys that scream out “baby-killer.”

The common issue is the duty of the general community not to pretend as if it is all just an academic exercise.

Is it really nothing more than grand standing by religious folks who wish to assert their independance from secular, humanistic, norms that would otherwise dictate civility over animalistic behaviors?

apostasy has a deep cultural resonance among Muslims, making a case like Mr. Rahman's an opportunity for religious conservatives with political agendas, Mr. Haykel said.

"Islamists will always use cases like this one to gain political mileage and credibility," he said. "They become the champions of Islamic law, of Islam. They can present themselves as authentic Muslims."

The case of Mr. Rahman, whose conversion was reported to the authorities by family members after he sought custody of his children from his parents, has been widely characterized as a test for Afghanistan's American-backed government.
[ In Kabul, a Test for Shariah - New York Times ]

The Save-The-Sperm folks have their litmus-test for belief . . . or is it their litmus-test for their grant of power to non-secular wackos.