To Everyone

Submitted by Zella (United States), Jul 27, 2008 at 22:57

I saw a documentary entitled, Murder In America, on Fox News Channel Saturday 7/26. The topic was on honor killings in the U.S. Everyone should view the documentary (check to see when the next airing is) and I hope that you women will become angry and write letters to your Members of Congress and demand that the issue of honor killings be addressed quick, fast and in a great big hurry. As a matter of fact, there should be legislation enacted that clearly states, "anyone who attempts to or commits an honor killing or maiming shall automatically receive the death penalty".

Being politically correct is not one of my strengths, trust me. I have lived in other countries and when I arrived on foreign shores, I did not expect the people who were born and raised there to adopt my culture. I conducted myself respectfully and if I didn't agree with the cultural norms, I kept my mouth closed and my thoughts tucked away in my brain. Unfortunately there are some people who think they can come to the U.S. and live exactly as they did in their native countries.

We women in the west are very blessed and we need to ensure that women from all walks of life receive the same freedoms we have. As most of you must know, one of the major problems that some cultures/religions have with western countries is womens' rights.

I don't know about you ladies but I am not going to sleep soundly until the issue of honor killings is addressed to my liking. It's time to make phone calls and write letters to those men and women who over the past couple of years haven't earned 1 percent of their paychecks.

It's either stand up and fight now or end up wearing a Burqa that does not have (and I repeat "DOES NOT HAVE") a designer label.

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