Here's a news item...

...I've been meaning to get to (my emphasis):

Tennessee Bill Would Make it a Crime to Practice Sharia Law

...two state lawmakers ... introduced legislation that would make it a felony to practice Sharia law, which includes lessons found in the Quran, the holy book of Islam, and which can inform how Muslims live their everyday lives, including prayer rituals. Many Muslims consider Sharia law to outline basic tenets of living a moral life. What is Sharia law?

State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, and state Rep. Judd Matheny, R-Tullahoma, who are backing the same bill in the Senate and House, describe Sharia law as dangerous to U.S. national security, according to the Tennessean newspaper. The bill grants Tennessee's attorney general the power to investigate complaints about anyone who might be practicing Sharia law.

The possible punishment for practicing Sharia law is 15 years behind bars.
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Tennessee isn't the first state to consider anti-Sharia law legislation. Oklahoma passed a similar bill last year. This month Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley said he would support a bill that "maintains that U. S. law shall take precedence in U. S. courts," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Come on. Is Sharia law really threatening to "take precedence" in Tennessee courts? Really?

We're talking about Tennessee, where people don't even accept evolution -- 90 years after the Scopes Trial. And these people are suddenly going to fall for Sharia law?

I find that hard to believe, somehow.