LIE OF THE WEEK: 04-06-2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on women's rights in Saudi Arabia:
Pelosi later sidestepped a question on how she felt about the absence of female Saudi council members, saying: "I am very pleased that after 200-plus years in the U.S. we finally have a speaker. It took us a long time."
THE TRUTH: This does not excuse the Saudis, who treat women as inferior and are the only country in the world to not allow women to drive. Women have been the presidents and prime ministers of countries throughout the Muslim world. Our American government, with the support of the American Muslim population, should lead a chorus arguing that the Saudis have no right to invoke religion for the mistreatment of their women.
Pelosi later sidestepped a question on how she felt about the absence of female Saudi council members, saying: "I am very pleased that after 200-plus years in the U.S. we finally have a speaker. It took us a long time."
THE TRUTH: This does not excuse the Saudis, who treat women as inferior and are the only country in the world to not allow women to drive. Women have been the presidents and prime ministers of countries throughout the Muslim world. Our American government, with the support of the American Muslim population, should lead a chorus arguing that the Saudis have no right to invoke religion for the mistreatment of their women.
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