The French (who would have guessed?) have handed down a ruling by their Council of State that Sikhs must remove their turbans when having their photograph taken for a driving license.
(It's been awhile since I've been in a cab in the Big Apple, but I wonder if the Taxi Commission in New York City will ever take the same stand.)
In Pennsylvania, they're having trouble forcing Black Muslim women to take off their veils for a driver's license photo, and the women are still insisting on being allowed to go into a bank and cash a check with their faces veiled. (Try wearing a mask into your local branch some quiet afternoon; write and let me know how it turns out.)
West of here, some of the Amish are rebelling against having to put reflectors (let alone a strobe light) on the back of their carriages, yet still insist on driving on public roadways at night.
I don't think all this was what the Founding Fathers meant by freedom of religious expression...
06 March 2006
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