And how is this different from Sharia Law?
Note (bolding done by me):
The contract contains the following arbitration clause:
J. The parties to this agreement are Christians and believe that the Bible commands them to make every effort to live at peace and to resolve disputes with each other in private or within the Christian community in conformity with the Biblical injunctions of Matthew 18:15-20. Therefore, the parties agree that any claim or dispute arising out of, or related to, this agreement or to any aspect of the employment relationship, including statutory claims, shall be settled by Biblically based mediation.
If resolution of the dispute and reconciliation do not result from such efforts, the matter shall then be submitted to a panel of three arbitrators for binding arbitration. Each party to the agreement shall have the right to select one arbitrator. The two arbitrators selected by the parties shall jointly select the neutral, third arbitrator. If there is an impasse in the selection of the third arbitrator, the Institute for Christian Conciliation, Billing, MT … , shall be asked to provide the name of a qualified person that will serve in that capacity. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Rules of Procedure for Christian Conciliation of the Institute for Christian Conciliation as printed in the Christian Conciliation Handbook.
The parties agree that these methods shall be the sole remedy for any controversy or claim arising out [of] the employment relationship or this agreement and expressly waive their right to file a lawsuit against one another in any civil court for such disputes, except to enforce a legally binding arbitration decision. Each party, regardless of the outcome of the matter, agrees to bear the cost of his own arbitrator and one half of the fees and costs of the neutral arbitrator and any other arbitration expenses.
end Note.
Private contracts agreeing to the use of a mediation/arbitration process that centers on the Bible. So where is the outrage? And how is this different in the essentials from a group/community making contracts to use a Koran-based mediation/arbitration process?
And either can obviously be abused, but that is true of a lot of contract situations.
