(WHYY) The Delaware state senator behind a bill to prevent “foreign laws” from being used in local courts has drawn criticism from a Muslim advocacy group — and some fellow lawmakers.
State Sen. Dave Lawson, a Republican from Kent County, insists his bill is not specifically about any religion.
“This bill is straight up. What they are reading into it is beyond me,” Lawson said. “It’s nothing more than Catholic canons or any other religious sect coming in and influencing our court decisions.”
“I have no problem with anyone’s religious thinking. But when it comes to denigrating the Constitution, or wanting to deteriorate it in any way, shape or form, or attack it, then there’s a problem. I don’t care from what corner,” he said.
