I think we are all taking this “Jim Crow” thing a little too far. Jim Crow was enforced on the black population, not chosen by them. As regards Harvard’s decision, they are not forcing these women to exercise alone, they are providing an opportunity for these women out of deference to their own religious beliefs. Jewish women, who practice according to the laws given to Moses on Mount Sinai and through the interpretations given to us by the Rabbis, would also exercise separately for modesty’s sake.
Will you now be offended that planes offer Kosher, Vegetarian or Hallal meals to their patrons? When Muslims kill their daughters in our country then we need to seek justice. If other Muslims seek “justice” against a Muslim woman who chose to exercise in mixed company, then I will have a problem with it. I am not terribly bothered by what Muslims do to other Muslims. Let them circumcise their daughter in their countries. I don’t think it different then my decision to circumcise my son when he was 8 days old. In their country, let them marry their daughters off when they are children. It is not my problem. When they want to enslave me, when they insist that my daughter be circumcised, when they insist that all Americans swim and exercise separated according to their standards, then I have a problem with them. The situation in Harvard does not offend me.
I want us to be rid of the Jihadi’s ability to force us to follow Islam. I want the enemies of America dead or incapacitated. I am no friend to terrorists but, lets not get hysterical here. A private institution decided to accommodate the unique and inoffensive requests of some of their patrons. Big deal.
