The whole debate over the Burka being banned in France is really interesting. It seems like France is trying to protect women (maybe?) but is going about it completely the wrong way. As someone else quoted, France views the Burka as an item used to “imprison women and contradict this secular nation's values of dignity and equality" but hey, lets protect those women by telling them what to do! I've seen arguments elsewhere about how France has more of a "Freedom from Religion" rather than a "Freedom OF Religion" that we have here. Obviously I don't see this as an excuse to regulate how people are allowed to worship. I do worry about these women- will they be allowed to go in public without the Burka? Or will their customs (or husbands) keep them to their homes now?
Victoria Rader Post 19
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