By: Dale Weckbacher
Luke 1:28
And having come in,
the angel said to her,"Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you;
blessed are you among women!"
NKJV
Once again, the Bible has come under attack but this time
the attack is coming from a totally unexpected source. This time the attack did not originate from
liberal media, academia, or even some atheist organization for this time the
attack comes from the Pentagon. (1)
The allegations are part of a Department of Defense approved
sexism course. The course also claims
the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence are sexist. With a Presidential election coming in 2016
and candidates, including the first women announcing their intention to seek
the Presidency this election, the war on women appears to be in full
swing.
This is not a new issue in presidential elections for in the
New Hampshire GOP Presidential Debate in 2012, the moderator asked candidate
Mitt Romney if he favored the overturn of a 1965 ruling barring states from
banning contraception. (2) In a presidential election focused in issues
like the economy, immigration, and national security, a question regarding
contraceptives was totally unexpected.
However, what was previously a non-issue quickly became an issue.
The issue moved from one about reversing a 1965 court ruling
to an economic issue with President Obama criticizing Mitt Romney for not
requiring insurance companies to provide contraceptive coverage under
Obamacare. In other words, elderly
people and single males who do not need contraceptives are required to pay for
them as part of the health insurance premiums even though they will not use
them just so some woman wanting to live a life of promiscuity can have free
contraceptives. The war on women was in
full swing.
I do agree that there is a very real war on women occurring
but it has nothing to do with free contraceptives or abortion. No, the real war on women revolves around
women denied basic rights because of a religious ideology. Under Sharia law women live under the follow
rules,
- A man is entitled to up to four wives, but a woman may only have one husband. In Western societies, a man typically only takes one wife.
- The husband (or his family) pays a “bride price” or "dower" (mahr, which is money or property paid to the bride) which she is entitled to keep. This “mahr” is in exchange for sexual submission (tamkin). Sexual submission is traditionally regarded as unconditional consent for the remainder of the marriage.
- A man can divorce his wife by making a declaration (talaq) in front of an Islamic judge irrespective of the woman's consent. Even her presence is not required. For a woman to divorce a man (khula), his consent is required.
- The husband is responsible for the financial upkeep of home (nafaqa).
- “Temporary marriage” (even for less than a half an hour) is allowed by some scholars, others regard it as a form of prostitution. A report by the Gatestone Institute charts its development in Britain.
- Wife beating permitted according to some scholars.
- There is no joint property; the man owns all property, (except for what the woman owned before the marriage).
- There is no specific minimum age for marriage, but most agree a woman must have reached puberty. Marriage as young as 12 or 13 is not uncommon in Muslim-majority countries. In Yemen in 2013, there was a highly publicized case of an eight-year-old girl who died of internal injuries suffered on her wedding night. According to Al Jazeera, "Nearly 14 percent of Yemeni girls [are] married before the age of 15 and 52 percent before the age of 18." The case prompted calls for Yemen to pass a law setting a minimum age for marriage, although it has not yet done so. (3)
However, as we see in Luke 1:28, God chooses a woman to give
birth to the savior of the world, Jesus Christ.
Not only was Jesus born of a woman, but God chose a woman to be the
first to see Jesus after He had arisen from the grave (Matthew 28:1-10). Of course, we cannot forget Esther who
courageously approached the king, saving the Jewish people making it possible
for Messiah to be born. Obviously, the
Pentagon’s claims that the Bible is a sexist document fail to consider the
special women in the Bible that are an integral part of God’s grand plan.
Then there is the issue of sex trafficking that enslaves
women all over the world, including the United States. Fortunately, in the United States, sex
trafficking is taken seriously by the FBI (4)
but in other parts of the world, sex trafficking is virtually ignored and a
high-profit, low-risk endeavor. (5) Women and even children living in these
countries live in fear of becoming victims, living lives in slavery as sexual
slaves.
However, politicians interested in creating an issue they
can run on and win votes, will most likely claim there is a war on women in the
United States because women cannot receive free contraceptives. Liberals in media, academia, and now even the
Pentagon also claim there is a war on women supported by the Bible, ignoring
the many great women of the Bible.
However, we know that the real war on women exists under Sharia law and
in places where sex trafficking is ignored and allowed to prosper.
I therefore urge everyone to ignore the politically
concocted war on women and instead pray for those victimized by the real war on
women in countries under Sharia law or where sex trafficking is ignored and
allowed to prosper. I also urge those
who can to support organizations engaged in preventing the implementation of
Sharia law or stopping sex trafficking.
Part of insuring victory in war is understanding the real
battle and engaging the enemy. The war
on women is no different and the battle must focus on where women live in
genuine fear and oppression.
1. Goldberg, Ashley Rae. Defense Department:
The Bible, Constitution And Declaration Of Independence All Perpetuate Sexism. www.dailycaller.com.
[Online] The Dailey Caller, April 13, 2015. [Cited: April 16, 2015.]
http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/13/defense-department-the-bible-constitution-and-declaration-of-independence-all-perpetuate-sexism/.
2. Wilmouth, Brad.
In Debate, ABC's Stephanopoulos Presses Romney on 1965 Contraception Ruling. www.newsbusters.com.
[Online] News Busters, January 8, 2012. [Cited: April 16, 2015.]
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2012/01/08/debate-abcs-stephanopoulos-presses-romney-contraception-ruling.
3. Friedland,
Elliot. Women's Rights Under Sharia. www.clarionproject.org. [Online]
The Clarion Project, February 19, 2014. [Cited: April 16, 2015.]
http://www.clarionproject.org/understanding-islamism/womens-rights-under-sharia.
4. FBI. It’s sad
but true: here in this country, people are being bought, sold, and smuggled
like modern-day slaves. www.fbi.gov. [Online] Federal Bureau of
Investigation. [Cited: April 16, 2015.]
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/human_trafficking.
5. ft.hub.
Trafficking for sexual exploitation. www.ugift.org. [Online] FT.Hub.
[Cited: April 16, 2015.] http://www.ungift.org/knowledgehub/about/trafficking-for-sexual-exploitation.html.
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