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Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Slave's response may have been over the top, but that's Slave. I care more about what real people are actually demanding as a political concession than about the rantings of my imaginary internet friends (however close to my heart they may be).

The situation you outline for orthodox jews is fairly common, though maybe not as explicit -- abortion or divorce or whatever may be perfectly legal for someone, but actually taking advantage of that will lead to being ostracized. That's a social decision, not a legal one. (And personally, I think the earlier you get ostracized from a comunity such as that, the better off you are).

No, I meant like the effectiveness of a religious divorce, not like whether divorce per se is OK, or divorce in a particular situation is OK.

eta effectiveness of divorce. I don't do marriage, or divorce, or children, and don't have any plans to in the foreseeable future, so I don't know what all one has to do to get married; for some reason I'm thinking that at least in some states the civil stuff is limited or unnecessary if the marriage is performed according to religious rites. Every marriage I've been much involved with, the officiant was a judge. I have been to church weddings, but I wasn't involved in the planning/setting up.

I suspect that this won't work for those who advocate sharia, though, because sharia as I understand it involved punishments that would be considered crimes in non-sharia courts.

Like every single bit of sharia? I think sharia is quite broad and covers a lot of topics, not just familial relations. The thing slave posted said they wanted it for family stuff, not for crimes. It did not specify what family stuff. Hence my objection to his utter condemnation. There is not enough information.