What's point of voting? I mean seriously?

I'm sorry, but I'm a bit pissed off right now. You see, here in Oklahoma, we recently had a prop passed that blocks the consideration of Islamic (Sharia) law in regards to court cases. What does that mean? Well, here's a actual example:

A few years ago, an Islamic man and his wife were having marital problems. The woman did not want to sleep with her husband, so he forcibly raped her, several times on various occasions. Finally, the woman went to the police and asked for a restraining order against her husband. When the case was taken to the state court, the judge denied the restraining order, saying that regardless of United States law, Islamic law allowed the man to have sex with his wife whenever he wanted, whether she wanted it or not, and thus, since the man was a muslim and he held Islamic law, the man shouldn't be stopped for doing what his religion allows.

COMPLETE BULLSHIT, but it actually happened. So, here in Oklahoma, we decided that this wasn't right, and that federal and state law should be what is considered in court cases. Since Islam is the only religion to have laws like this, Oklahoma put a measure on the ballot proposing that in our state, someone cannot use Islamic law (Sharia law) as a defense for breaking the law of the land. The measure was overwhelmingly passed by 70% of our state's voters.

Now, cue the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who contested the law with a Federal court on the grounds that this does not allow people to practice religious freedom. And what does the federal judge do? He BLOCKS the Oklahoma law, effectively saying that the laws of the federal government and the states are not the laws you have to abide by as long as you live within your religious law.

So, I repeat, what is the point of voting? If one idiot can block the wishes of an overwhelming majority of citizens, then why the hell do we vote in the first place? Do we really have a say? Apparently not.

CNN has the story here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/11/08/oklahoma.islamic.law/index.html?iref=allsearch

Something is deeply disturbing about this......