Reminds me of catholic school being told how to dress (Reply #30)

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Mon Jul 22, 2013, 06:18 PM

usGovOwesUs3Trillion (2,022 posts)

30. Reminds me of catholic school being told how to dress

Irony must be dead in France

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
France stands by veil ban after riots [View all]	alp227	Jul 2013	OP
odd how men DO NOT have to wear full face masks isn't it? nt	msongs	Jul 2013	#1
Good.	MrNJ	Jul 2013	#2
Well said,	JimboBillyBubbaBob	Jul 2013	#18
It's not really a "veil ban." It's a ban of face-veils, masks, etc., whether worn	pnwmom	Jul 2013	#3
Tolerating intolerance will destroy the fabric of secular societies. A line in the sand	snagglepuss	Jul 2013	#4
Culture of peace has another paradoxical reaction. n/t	cosmicone	Jul 2013	#5
OP, would you support on a ban on veils in the US?	Comrade Grumpy	Jul 2013	#6
Clothing: not always speech.	alp227	Jul 2013	#7
The public safety argument seems like a subterfuge...	Comrade Grumpy	Jul 2013	#11
Nope. Full face veils and burqas are not religious. They are nowhere in the Quran	riderinthestorm	Jul 2013	#13
Tell that to the women who want to wear them.	Comrade Grumpy	Jul 2013	#20
IT's France.	Igel	Jul 2013	#27
In Virginia	sulphurdunn	Jul 2013	#10
Full face veils are cultural, not religious. They are not a required religious garment	riderinthestorm	Jul 2013	#12
Ban on veils is	papa3times	Jul 2013	#8
so do you think the US should follow suit? n/t	azurnoir	Jul 2013	#9
The only time people should be	The Wizard	Jul 2013	#14
but the face veil is a disguise some are even see through	azurnoir	Jul 2013	#19
They have the right to relocate	The Wizard	Jul 2013	#15
you mean like the US were face veils are allowed?	azurnoir	Jul 2013	#24
If France didn't want Muslims, maybe they should not have forcibly colonized Muslim countries	Ash_F	Jul 2013	#16
Is it the women who wear the veils who are objecting or the men who want them to wear the veil?	Happyhippychick	Jul 2013	#17
"Muslim women flout French ban of veil after court fines two women"	Comrade Grumpy	Jul 2013	#21
Thank you CG!	Happyhippychick	Jul 2013	#22
Supposedly they want to protect women from being told what to do.	Ash_F	Jul 2013	#23
Good. Women need to be told how to dress and how not to dress.	ZombieHorde	Jul 2013	#25
I think women should be allowed to dress how they please.	bravenak	Jul 2013	#26
I think people navigating public space should dress appropriately.	alp227	Jul 2013	#32
Who gets to decide what's appropriate?	bravenak	Jul 2013	#34
Totally racist.	jessie04	Jul 2013	#28
I thought it was a sweeping ban on full face coverings in public.	alp227	Jul 2013	#31
What if a culture dictates that I should wear a face covering, even when I go	Heywood J	Jul 2013	#36
Not racist. Muslims are of all races including whites. "Bigoted" would be a more accurate term. n/t	totodeinhere	Jul 2013	#37
What a difficult issue to legislate and enforce	maxsolomon	Jul 2013	#29
Reminds me of catholic school being told how to dress	usGovOwesUs3Trillion	Jul 2013	#30
Who gets to set the limits religious freedom stops at?	JoeyT	Jul 2013	#33
"The objection is that they're being forced to look at them, and they'll usually admit as much."	alp227	Jul 2013	#35
I don't pass a lot of women with	JoeyT	Jul 2013	#38

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