Palestinian authorities legalized online dating this week, dubbing it "unavoidable." Dating will only be allowed if all parties follow the moral code of Shari'a law. The woman must not disclose too much information about herself, cannot post a photo of herself, must arrive with a chaperone from her family, and marriage must be the sole purpose for the date. This is only part of what makes "Blind Date: Palestine" one of the worst shows ever.

Former GOP presidential nominee Rick Perry, who earlier this year signed a 20-week abortion ban into law, had to correct a statement made by his wife, Anita Perry, who said abortion was a "woman's right." "That could be a woman’s right, just like it’s a man’s right if he wants to have some kind of procedure,"Anita Perry said to newspaper editor Evan Smith in Austin on September 28th. "From time to time we’ll stick the wrong word in the wrong place, and you pounce upon it," Rick Perry told reporters at a campaign event, days after. He continued on to say, "Oh, haha, did I say 'word'? I meant 'penis.'"

A Pennsylvania pastor will beforced to stand trial for his Methodist panel for officiating his gay son's wedding. Reverend Frank Schaeffer officiated his son's ceremony in Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal, in 2006. Marrying same-sex couples is apparently in violation of the church's law book, The Book of Discipline. This is also incidentally the title for a potty training book, a bondage and fetish guide, a police academy handbook, and the rule log for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Four ex-employees from the women's networking group, the National Association of Professional Women, are suing the group for sexual harassment. The four women accused their manager, Krissy L. DeMonte, of pinching their butts, calling them names, and touching them inappropriately. After the women filed complaints in their workplace, they were eitherfired or forced to resign. Those that stayed had docked paychecks. Though the trial could hurt the company, in light of the recent accusations, DeMonte has landed a spot on the next installment of "Managers Gone Wild."

This weekend, Saudi women activists garnered increasing support for their day of defiance on October 26th, to protest the ban on women driving. Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan, a judicial adviser to an association of Gulf psychologists, told sabq.org," If a woman drives a car, not out of pure necessity, that could have negative physiological impacts as functional and physiological medical studies show that it automatically affects the ovaries and pushes the pelvis upwards. That is why we find those who regularly drive have children with clinical problems of varying degrees." Unsurprisingly, he has no medical studies to back up his claims, and puts two tabs of acid in his "Kuhl-Ayd" every morning.

France's Senate recently voted to ban beauty pageants for children under 16, citing that they promote sexualization of minors. Under the law, anyone who enters their child or themselves into a pageant below the legal age would be persecuted under the law. Banned pageant activities include: acting out "Jules et Jim," laughing snootily, baguette-sword fighting, and competing to see who can be more thin and droll.

LETTER OF THE WEEK

This week, a grandfather wrote to his daughter who had disowned his grandson for being gay.