Reply #123: Same problem here in the US...

[countryjake]

There are old-order Christian sects of anabaptists who very much identify themselves with their garb & hair styles & head coverings. In the past few years, a small rural school full of Born-again Baptists, who look down upon these Old Baptists, tried to restrict the bonnets worn by some of the Anabaptist girls...part of becoming a member requires the wearing of those bonnets. I never could find any follow-up to the case, but I would suppose that the anabaptists wouldn't have been thrown out of school, even tho the nature of the two churches is different as night & day, with the Born-agains evangelical & pushy & the Anabaptists unassuming & pious.

Another interesting thing with these Old Order sects is some will not have their pictures taken, yet they drive cars & have driver's licenses (without photo ID). That was disputed last year, as they have been given exemption for decades, but with all the new Homeland Security crapola, suddenly they must now comply.

The thing that's a bit sad about the girls with their bonnets is that their religion also doesn't encourage education & the ones who remain in school after they join their church are exibiting defiance to their elders by wishing to learn. Their church has given in to progress gradually over the years & reformed & split off & dealt with much modern thinking in the youth, just to maintain its membership, but the bonnets have never been in question (the men wear hats, too). Nowadays, I'm sure that religion is suffering a whopper of a crisis, due to these restrictive & changing times.